ABLE 20
Masthead Sloop • Long Keel • Built 1972
Dimensions
- LOA
- 20 ft
- LWL
- 16 ft
- Beam
- 7.33 ft
- Max Draft
- 2.42 ft
- Displacement
- 2,500 lbs
- Ballast
- 1,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.16 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 17.5
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 272
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 40.0%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 202 sq ft
- I
- 24 ft
- J
- 8 ft
- P
- 20.42 ft
- E
- 8.5 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long Keel
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1972
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Water
- 10 gal
Notes:
BUILDERS:
Loughlin Boat Works
Miami, FL (USA)
Able Shipwrights Inc.,
6 North Main Street
East Hampton, CT 06424
Able Marine
Southwest Harbor, ME
Later versions were said to have a taller rig and more ballast.
A Facebook article has appeared (2011).
An alternate name was ABLE SHIPRIGHT 20.
An original brochure and possibly other information is said to exist at the Mystic Seaport Museum.
How many were built is unknown (to us).
Builder
- Able Marine (USA) (1977–2004)