Chrysler Lone Star 16

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.85 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 204 kg of hull, so roughly 800 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 204 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 0.15 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 beamy beam gives 4 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 4

CoastalBluewater

At 3.18 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.18

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 71

EasygoingPowered-up

43.6 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 43.6

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

Lighter than ~91% of boats her size on file
Draws less than ~93% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 228 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

43.6

Displacement / length

70.8

Comfort ratio

4.3

Capsize screening

3.18

Hull speed

5.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

308

Hull

Hull type

Twin Centerboards

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1969

Designer

T. L. Foul, C. Wittholz, Charles Wittholz

Builder

Chrysler

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The family

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