A versatile 23-foot cruiser featuring a lifting roof for added headroom and an optional keel-centerboard for shoal water
Designed by Manfred Schochl & Anton de Dood Miglitsch, built by Schochl Yachtbau.
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 2.50 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,350 kg of hull, so roughly 1,950 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 1.20 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 13 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
Comfort ratio 13
CoastalBluewater
2.28 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.
Capsize screening 2.28
LightHeavy
154 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
Displacement / length 154
EasygoingPowered-up
16.1 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
Sail area / displacement 16.1
TenderStiff
33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Ballast 33%
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
The record
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