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Spirit 21 (6.5)

Masthead Sloop · Swing Keel · First built 1977

A Henry Hinckley-designed masthead sloop featuring a pop-top cabin for versatile headroom in a compact, trailerable hull

Designed by Henry R. Hinckley, built by Glastron.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Swing Keel

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.39 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 953 kg of hull, so roughly 1,550 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 953 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.51 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 11 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 11
CoastalBluewater

At 2.45 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.45
LightHeavy

142 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 142
EasygoingPowered-up

19.1 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.1
TenderStiff

26% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 26%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
26.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.1
Displacement / length
142.2
Comfort ratio
10.7
Capsize screening
2.45
Hull speed
5.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
525
Hull
Hull type
Swing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1977
Designer
Henry R. Hinckley
Builder
Glastron

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