BoatsSunbeam 23

Sunbeam 23

Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · 1979–2003

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

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
33.3%
Rig & sail area
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.1
Displacement / length
154.0
Comfort ratio
13.2
Capsize screening
2.28
Hull speed
6.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
601
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1979–2003
Units built
279
Designer
Manfred Schochl, Anton de Dood Miglitsch
Builder
Schochl Yachtbau, Sunbeam Yachts - Schochl Yachtbau

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