OCEAN 71
Masthead Ketch • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1970
Dimensions
- LOA
- 71 ft
- LWL
- 59.3 ft
- Beam
- 17.33 ft
- Max Draft
- 8.25 ft
- Displacement
- 75,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 20,500 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.64 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 27.9
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 161
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 27.3%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 3100 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1970
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
vds design #194.
Based on the famed ocean racer STORMVOGEL (1969).
Offered as a racing yacht or luxury cruiser.
An extremely successful model with more than 20 built.
A few were finished by Camper & Nicholson.
'Ocean Spirit', (with Robin Knox-Johnson & Leslie Williams as crew), won the double-handed Around Britain race in 1970.
Another OCEAN 71 was owned by Graham Kerr, known, at the time on TV, (in both the UK and USA) as the 'Galloping Gourmet'.
Designer
- E. G. Van de Stadt (1910–1999)
Builder
- Southern Ocean Shipyard Ltd. (UK) (1959–1987)
Related Boats
| Name | LOA (ft) | Year | Rig |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCEAN 75 | 75 | 1976 | Masthead Ketch |