Beta Marine

Beta Marine

Sailboat Specifications

Definitions
Hull Type: Long Keel
Rigging Type: Masthead Sloop
LOA: 20.00 ft / 6.10 m
LWL: 16.00 ft / 4.88 m
S.A. (reported): 202.00 ft² / 18.77 m²
Beam: 7.33 ft / 2.23 m
Displacement: 2,500.00 lb / 1,134 kg
Ballast: 1,000.00 lb / 454 kg
Max Draft: 2.42 ft / 0.74 m
Construction: FG
Ballast Type: Lead
First Built: 1972
Builder: Loughlin Boat Works. (USA)
Designer: W. R. Loughlin

Accomodations

Water: 10 gals / 38 L

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions
S.A. / Displ.: 17.59
Bal. / Displ.: 40.00
Disp: / Len: 272.48
Comfort Ratio: 15.81
Capsize Screening Formula: 2.16
S#: 1.88
Hull Speed: 5.36 kn
Pounds/Inch Immersion: 419.05 pounds/inch

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Rig and Sail Particulars

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I: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
J: 8.00 ft / 2.44 m
P: 20.42 ft / 6.22 m
E: 8.50 ft / 2.59 m
S.A. Fore: 96.00 ft² / 8.92 m²
S.A. Main: 86.79 ft² / 8.06 m²
S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles): 182.79 ft² / 16.98 m²
S.A./Displ. (calc.): 15.92
Est. Forestay Length: 25.30 ft / 7.71 m

Sailboat Links

Builders: Able Marine (USA)
Associations: Mystic Seaport Museum
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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).