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Mount Desert Yachts Amphibi-Con

Fractional Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1954

An early pioneer of trailerable cruising designed by Charles Angle to bring shoal-water exploration to a 7.75-metre hull

Designed by Cyrus Hamlin & Farham Butler.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.36 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,588 kg of hull, so roughly 2,200 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 0.71 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 moderate beam gives 16 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 16
CoastalBluewater

2.04 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.04
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 154
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 19.3
TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

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

  • Draws less than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 590 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
31.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.3
Displacement / length
153.6
Comfort ratio
15.5
Capsize screening
2.04
Hull speed
6.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
600
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
wood strip/FG
Production
Years built
First built 1954
Units built
125
Designer
Cyrus Hamlin, Farham Butler
Builder
Mount Desert Yachts, Sailstar Boats

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.

Hunter Marine 2407.34 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA trailerable swing-keel cruiser featuring a B&R rig and water ballast, also marketed as the Hunter Legend 240
Macgregor 26X7.87 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA water-ballasted sail-power hybrid designed for versatile coastal cruising and easy trailering
Tofinou 77.01 mSame hull family0.7 m shorterA classic fractional sloop modeled after a 1939 prototype, designed for elegant daysailing with a retractable keel
Cal Boats 247.43 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterThe inaugural Jensen Marine Cal model, this fractional keel-centerboard sloop was built for shoal-water versatility
O'day 23-1 (Lift Top)7.01 mSame hull family0.7 m shorterA popular C. Raymond Hunt-designed masthead sloop featuring a unique lift-top coach roof for added cabin headroom

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