Masthead Sloop · Long Keel · 1969–1972
A Paul Coble-designed masthead sloop with a long keel and over 50% ballast ratio for stable coastal cruising
Designed by Paul Coble.
See her sail
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Sailing Yabá
Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 29 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
1.77 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
447 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.
14.2 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.
51% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
What the fleet has seen
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The Bristol Yachts 24 is a 7.5-meter masthead sloop with a long keel, designed by Paul Coble and built by Bristol Yachts Inc. from 1969 to 1972. It has a beam of 2.4 meters, a draft of 1.0 meter, and a displacement of 2685 kg. The Bristol 24 is also known as the Sailstar Corsair 24.
The living fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
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Boats like this, on the water
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