Beta Marine

Beta Marine

Sailboat Specifications

Definitions
Hull Type: Twin Centerboards
Rigging Type: Fractional Sloop
LOA: 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
LWL: 24.00 ft / 7.32 m
S.A. (reported): 240.00 ft² / 22.30 m²
Beam: 7.50 ft / 2.29 m
Displacement: 2,500.00 lb / 1,134 kg
Ballast: 950.00 lb / 431 kg
Max Draft: 5.75 ft / 1.75 m
Min Draft: 1.25 ft / 0.38 m
Construction: Wood ('hot molded' laminate)
First Built: 1955
# Built: 186
Builder: Fairey Marine (UK)
Designer: Uffa Fox

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make: Coventry
Model: Victor
Type: Gas

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions
S.A. / Displ.: 20.90
Bal. / Displ.: 38.00
Disp: / Len: 80.73
Comfort Ratio: 10.72
Capsize Screening Formula: 2.21
S#: 5.61
Hull Speed: 6.56 kn
Pounds/Inch Immersion: 643.16 pounds/inch

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Rig and Sail Particulars

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I: 22.80 ft / 6.95 m
J: 9.50 ft / 2.90 m
P: 26.00 ft / 7.92 m
E: 11.80 ft / 3.60 m
S.A. Fore: 108.30 ft² / 10.06 m²
S.A. Main: 153.40 ft² / 14.25 m²
S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles): 261.70 ft² / 24.31 m²
S.A./Displ. (calc.): 22.79
Est. Forestay Length: 24.70 ft / 7.53 m

Sailboat Links

Designers: Uffa Fox
Builders: Fairey Marine Ltd
Associations: Atalanta Owners Association
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Notes

Twin centerboards, retractable rudder and narrow beam made this one of the earliest 'trailerable' cruising yachts of this size. The 'hot molded' construction method had been developed by the builder for the WWII Swordfish torpedo plane. George O'Day was, at the time, the US agent for Fairey Marine, and some were said to have been imported to the US. (We have yet to see one in the US)
Today the ATALANTA is regarded, as a rare classic with a large percentage of the original boats still sailing.