Mainsail: 22.65 m2
Jib: 15.04 m2
Spinnaker: 66.10 m2
Trailorable with lifting keel and rudder.
Hull: Lifting Keel
formerly Drop Keel.
Lifting rudder and keel.
Mainsail: 21m² (Cruising 18m²)
Foresail: 11m² (Crusing 10m²)
Gennaker: 48m² (Cruising: ca 40 sqm)
The extremely successful FIRST 21 series includes FIRST 210, FIRST 210 Spirit, FIRST 211,
FIRST 21.7, FIRST 21.7S, all sharing the same basic hull design.
Replaces, though similar to, the thermoplastic HUNTER 216. This is a complete redesign of the original Hunter 22 launched in 1981.
Called the Marlow-Hunter 22 (after 2012).
Fixed keel versions also available – draft:1.6m
Updated version of SONATA 8.
The luff of the sails are sleeved.
Main and mizzen are the same and designed to be interchangeable.]
From varying accounts it thought that at least 30 of these boats were built.
Freedom Yachts, Rockford, Ill. (not to be confused with Freedom Yachts founded by Garry Hoyt).
Also known as the Preston 19.
Mark Leonard, designed the boat. He and his brother Matthew built the plugs and molds for this boat in Machesney Park, IL.
Later, Matthew purchased a set of parts from Mark and built molds and boats with this same design under the name Preston Yachts, located in Oak Creek, WI (USA) (1987-1990), This was the Preston 19.
Self tacking furling jib.
Asymmetric spinnaker flown from the fixed bowsprit.
Spinnaker Area: 612 sq.ft./53 m2
Used in a part of World Match Racing Tour.