COLUMBIA 24 CONTENDER
Masthead Sloop • Fin Keel • Built 1963–1968
Dimensions
- LOA
- 24 ft
- LWL
- 18.25 ft
- Beam
- 7.83 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.25 ft
- Displacement
- 3,600 lbs
- Ballast
- 1,600 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.04 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 19.6
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 264
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 44.4%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 288 sq ft
- I
- 30.1 ft
- J
- 8.8 ft
- P
- 27 ft
- E
- 11.5 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin Keel
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1963
- Last Built
- 1968
- Number Built
- 330
Notes: The COLUMBIA 24, COLUMBIA CONTENDER 24, and COLUMBIA CHALLENGER 24, all have hulls that are the same or similar, and derive from the earlier ISLANDER 24.
Designer
Builder
- Columbia Yachts (1961)