Trident 24
Fractional Sloop · Triple Keel · 1960–1974
An Alan Hill-designed fractional sloop featuring a versatile triple-keel configuration for shoal-water exploration
Designed by Alan F. Hill, built by Marine Construction Ltd.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Triple Keel
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 2.26 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,833 kg of hull, so roughly 2,450 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 0.76 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 21Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.87Bluewater
LightD/L 263Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 16.4Powered-up
TenderBallast 37%Stiff
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
- Draws less than ~95% of boats her size on file
- Narrower than ~88% of boats her size on file
Compared with 1387 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
37.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.4
Displacement / length
262.9
Comfort ratio
21.1
Capsize screening
1.87
Hull speed
5.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
504
Hull
Hull type
Triple Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1960–1974
Units built
250
Designer
Alan F. Hill
Builder
Marine Construction Ltd
Boats like this, on the water
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Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
Galion 226.71 mSame hull family0.6 m shorterDesigned by Ian Hannay, this fractional sloop proved her mettle by winning both the Round the Island and JOG races in 1968
Cal 257.62 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA flush-deck masthead sloop by C. William Lapworth featuring a pop-top companionway that became a classic club racer
Comet 7707.70 mSame hull family0.4 m longerA Jean-Marie Finot-designed IOR quarter-tonner with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited club racing
Hurley 226.71 mSame hull family0.6 m shorterA long-running Ian Anderson design with a heavy ballast ratio, produced by multiple builders over three decades
Puma 277.95 mSame hull family0.6 m longerA Ron Holland-designed masthead sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, built for performance-oriented coastal cruising
Colvic Ltd. Sailor 268.21 mSame hull family0.9 m longerA twin-keeled masthead sloop with hulls molded by Colvic and finished by various yards, including Atlanta Marine
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