BOOTHBAY EXPLORER (ALDEN)
Masthead Ketch • Long Keel • Built 1971–1974
Dimensions
- LOA
- 58.58 ft
- LWL
- 42 ft
- Beam
- 15.75 ft
- Max Draft
- 6.17 ft
- Displacement
- 53,300 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.67 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 15.3
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 321
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1350 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long Keel
- Rig Type
- Masthead Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG w/balsa cored deck and coach
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1971
- Last Built
- 1974
- Number Built
- 5
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- John Deere
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 500 gal
- Fuel
- 400 gal
Notes:
Based on the earlier BOOTHBAY CHALLENGER.
Alden design #1011MS.
Designer
- John G. Alden (1884–1962)
Builder
- Hodgdon Bros. (USA) (1955)