BLUE MOON 23
Gaff-Yawl • Long keel w/trans. hung rudder • Built 1943
Dimensions
- LOA
- 23 ft
- LWL
- 20 ft
- Beam
- 8.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 4 ft
- Displacement
- 8,050 lbs
- Ballast
- 2,300 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.70 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 16.3
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 449
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 28.6%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 410 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long keel w/trans. hung rudder
- Rig Type
- Gaff-Yawl
- Hull Material
- Wood
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1943
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: Plans first offered in 1943. Built by a number of yards and amateur builders.
Designer
- Thomas Gillmer (1911–2009)