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Flying Racer

Masthead Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1970

A 7.7-metre masthead sloop with a keel-centerboard configuration and a high sail area-to-displacement ratio for spirited

Designed by Heribert Streuer, built by Sudplast.

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 2.50 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,650 kg of hull, so roughly 2,250 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 0.75 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 16 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 16
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.14
LightHeavy

193 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 193
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.1
TenderStiff

39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 39%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Draws less than ~75% of boats her size on file

Compared with 604 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
39.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.1
Displacement / length
193.0
Comfort ratio
15.6
Capsize screening
2.14
Hull speed
6.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
596
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1970
Designer
Heribert Streuer
Builder
SUDPLAST

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O'day 23-26.93 mSame hull family0.8 m shorterA masthead keel-centerboard sloop produced in Brazil and the U.S. for over a decade as a popular coastal cruiser
Chrysler Marine 226.71 mSame hull family1.0 m shorterA 6.7-metre masthead sloop produced as the C-22 and T-22 Sandpiper, featuring a swing keel for shallow-water access
Redline 25 (C&C)7.49 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA 1969 keel-centerboard cruiser designed by C&C, offering shoal-draft versatility in a compact 7.49-metre hull
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
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

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