STUART KNOCKABOUT
Fractional Sloop • Keel/Cbrd. • Built 1932
Dimensions
- LOA
- 28 ft
- LWL
- 22.83 ft
- Beam
- 6.92 ft
- Max Draft
- 5.5 ft
- Min Draft
- 2.75 ft
- Displacement
- 4,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 2,400 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.74 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 18.5
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 150
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 60.0%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 291 sq ft
- I
- 24 ft
- J
- 8.75 ft
- P
- 28.6 ft
- E
- 13 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Keel/Cbrd.
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood or FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1932
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 81
Notes: Based on a single boat designed and built by Herresoff, for Mr. Willoughby Stuart in 1932. (Herreshoff design #53).\nSeries production didn't began until 1989. \nAdapted for fiberglass construction by Bill Harding.\nOriginally molded by Edey & Duff and finished by Ballentine's Boat Shop. With the closing of Edey & Duff in 2010, Steve Ballentine and his daughter Amy Ballentine Stevens bought the molds and rights to continue building and marketing the Stuart Knockabout. Stuart Knockabout LLC is located at Ballentine's Boat Shop where final construction, finish and sales take place.\nThanks to 'Hal' for providing corrected information.
Designer
- L. Francis Herreshoff (1890–1972)
Builders
- Ballentines's Boat Shop (USA) (1974)
- Edey & Duff (USA) (1968–2010)