HOOD 23
Masthead Sloop • Fin w/spade rudder • Built 1966
Dimensions
- LOA
- 23.62 ft
- LWL
- 20 ft
- Beam
- 7.87 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.77 ft
- Displacement
- 3,700 lbs
- Ballast
- 1,850 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.04 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 22.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 206
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 50.0%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 329 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1966
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes:
The first HOOD 23's came from Hood Boating Company Ltd.
The majority were built at Stoddart Brothers Marine in Queensland.
The design was updated in 1972 and there are at least 4 versions: raised deck (as shown here) standard coach roof, pop-tops, those with shallow draft or keel/cb.