GREAT BARRIER EXPRESS
Fractional Sloop • Catamaran Twin Dbrd. • Built 1973
Dimensions
- LOA
- 27.75 ft
- LWL
- 26 ft
- Beam
- 16.42 ft
- Max Draft
- — ft
- Displacement
- 2,370 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 4.93 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 36.9
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 60
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 410 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Catamaran Twin Dbrd.
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood Composite/FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1973
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 300
Notes:
The GREAT BARRIER EXPRESS set the standard for cats of this type and, for years, was copied by others around the world.
Nearly 30 of a FG production version were built in New Zealand. The rest from plans.
Designer
- Malcolm Tennant (1938–2008)