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Mariner Yachts 20 (Spisak)

First built 2010

A 5.98-metre fractional sloop offered in standard or performance-oriented daggerboard configurations with an EC Category C rating

Designed by Wojciech Spisak.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.45 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,270 kg of hull, so roughly 1,850 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 0.27 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.28
EasygoingPowered-up

16.9 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 16.9
TenderStiff

24% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 24%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

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

Compared with 489 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
23.8%
Rig & sail area
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.9
Capsize screening
2.28
Hull
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2010
Designer
Wojciech Spisak
Builder
Mariner Yachts

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