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SPECIFICATIONS

Hull Length - 17' 3"
Beam - 8' 0"
Draft - 4' 2"
Sail Area - 175 ft2
Spinnaker - 196 ft2

Weight - 666 lbs (257kg)

Developer - Steve Clark

 

Vanguard performance along with ease of sailing

• Designed by Bob Ames, designer of the Vanguard Vector and Vanguard 15

• Clean halyards, sheets, and sail controls

• North Sails 3DL RM sails

• Asymmetrical spinnaker

• Roller furler jib

• Tapered mast

 

Easy to rig, launch, and store

• Mast can be raised by 1 person

• Easily rigged in 20 minutes

• Trailerable

• Easy to launch

• Dry sail or store on a mooring or slip

 

Comfortable to sail

• Large, open cockpit

• Comfortable seating with angled backs

• Enclosed centerboard

• Mainsheet led away from passengers

• Compression vang creating more space under the boom

• Room for 4 adults

• Self bailing cockpit

• Extremely dry to sail

 

Plenty of Storage

• 4 lockers in cockpit

• 2 watertight compartments by mast

• Plenty of room for cooler, anchor, engine, gear, and supplies

 

 

 

 

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Photos by Onne Van Der Wal ©