COOPER 508
Masthead Sloop • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1981
Dimensions
- LOA
- 50.67 ft
- LWL
- 44 ft
- Beam
- 15 ft
- Max Draft
- 8 ft
- Displacement
- 38,350 lbs
- Ballast
- 16,500 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.78 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 17.4
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 201
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 43.0%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1239 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1981
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 5
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Lehman
- Power
- 85 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 185 gal
- Fuel
- 185 gal
Notes:
It is said that it is because of a legal dispute over the design that the COOPER 508 was in production for a relatively short time and only a few were built.
Designer
Builder
- Cooper Enterprises Inc. (CAN) (1970–1990)