BLAZER 23 (KIRBY)

Sailboat Specifications

both imperial metric

Hull Type:

Fin with rudder on skeg

Rigging Type:

Fractional Sloop

LOA:

23.00 ft / 7.01 m

LWL:

18.75 ft / 5.72 m

Beam:

7.92 ft / 2.41 m

S.A. (reported):

270.00 ft² / 25.08 m²

Draft (max):

3.75 ft / 1.14 m

Draft (min):

Displacement:

2,200 lb / 998 kg

Ballast:

900 lb / 408 kg

S.A./Disp.:

25.60

Bal./Disp.:

40.91

Disp./Len.:

148.99

Construction:

FG

Ballast Type:

lead

First Built:

1988

Last Built:

# Built:

Builder:

Ontario Yachts Co. Ltd. (CAN)

Designer:

Bruce Kirby

Website:

Sailboat Calculations

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S.A./Disp.:

25.60

Bal./Disp.:

40.91

Disp./Len.:

148.99

Comfort Ratio:

10.78

Capsize Screening Formula:

2.44

Rig and Sail Particulars

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I:

25.75 ft / 7.85 m

J:

8.90 ft / 2.71 m

P:

26.00 ft / 7.92 m

E:

11.18 ft / 3.41 m

SPL/TPS:

ISP:

S.A. Fore:

114.59 ft² / 10.65 m²

S.A. Main:

145.34 ft² / 13.50 m²

S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles)

259.93 ft² / 24.15 m²

S.A./Disp. (calc.):

24.64

Est. Forestay Len.:

27.24 ft / 8.30 m

Sailboat Links

Designers:

Bruce Kirby

Builders:

Ontario Yachts

Related Sailboats:

SONAR

Notes

Same hull design as the SONAR OD but with longer trunk cabin, smaller cockpit and slightly more sail area.
Similar to the KIRBY 23.