ABLE 20
Masthead Sloop • Long Keel • Built 1972
Dimensions
- LOA
- 20 ft
- LWL
- 16 ft
- Beam
- 7.33 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.42 ft
- Displacement
- 2,500 lbs
- Ballast
- 1,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.16 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 17.5
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 272
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 40.0%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 202 sq ft
- I
- 24 ft
- J
- 8 ft
- P
- 20.42 ft
- E
- 8.5 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long Keel
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1972
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Water
- 10 gal
Notes: BUILDERS:\n\nLoughlin Boat Works\nMiami, FL (USA)\n\nAble Shipwrights Inc., \n6 North Main Street\nEast Hampton, CT 06424\n\nAble Marine\nSouthwest Harbor, ME\n\nLater versions were said to have a taller rig and more ballast.\nA Facebook article has appeared (2011).\nAn alternate name was ABLE SHIPRIGHT 20.\n\nAn original brochure and possibly other information is said to exist at the Mystic Seaport Museum.\nHow many were built is unknown (to us).
Builder
- Able Marine (USA) (1977–2004)