Aquila (Miglitch)
Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · 1974–1989
A high-performance fractional sloop with a trapeze-ready design and an exceptionally high sail area-to-displacement ratio
Designed by Anton de Dood Miglitsch, built by Sunbeam.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Centerboard Dinghy
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.90 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 280 kg of hull, so roughly 900 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 280 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.13 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 4Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 2.93Bluewater
LightD/L 44Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 40.2Powered-up
TenderBallast 11%Stiff
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
10.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
40.2
Displacement / length
44.4
Comfort ratio
4.4
Capsize screening
2.93
Hull speed
5.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
409
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1974–1989
Units built
397
Designer
Anton de Dood Miglitsch
Builder
Sunbeam, Schochl
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Macgregor 26D7.87 mSame hull family1.6 m longerA lightweight, high-production fractional sloop featuring a daggerboard and a design legacy that defined a generation
Macgregor 26M7.87 mSame hull family1.6 m longerA versatile trailer-sailer featuring a rotating spar, daggerboard, and twin rudders for performance in a light displacement
The family
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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.
Jeanneau Aquila 27A Philippe H. Harle-designed masthead sloop offered in both standard and deep-keel Regatta configurationsAlbatros Boats 580A lightweight 1973 masthead sloop by Dieter Hansel with a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for spirited performanceAlpa Yachts A8A John H. Illingworth-designed masthead sloop featuring a fin keel and skeg-hung rudder for balanced coastal cruising
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