YACHTING WORLD SEAHORSE
Masthead Sloop • Fin w/spade rudder • Built 1959
Dimensions
- LOA
- 28.58 ft
- LWL
- 25.25 ft
- Beam
- 8.33 ft
- Max Draft
- 5.58 ft
- Displacement
- 6,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 2,640 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.83 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 17.7
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 166
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 44.0%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 366 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- Plywood
- Ballast Type
- Iron
Production
- First Built
- 1959
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: vds design #67. Winner of a design competition for a 'built it yourself' boat sponsored by 'Yachting World' magazine where it appeared in 1959.\nS.A. (reported) above = main + 100% fore triangle.\nMain + Genoa = 40 sqm / 430.55 sqft
Designer
- E. G. Van de Stadt (1910–1999)