COOPER 508

COOPER 508 drawing

Sailboat Specifications


Hull Type:
Fin with rudder on skeg
Rigging Type:
Masthead Sloop
LOA:
50.67 ft / 15.44 m
LWL:
44.00 ft / 13.41 m
Beam:
15.00 ft / 4.57 m
S.A. (reported):
1,239.00 ft2 / 115.11 m2
Draft (max):
8.00 ft / 2.44 m
Displacement:
38,350 lb / 17,395 kg
Ballast:
16,500 lb / 7,484 kg
S.A./Disp.:
17.51
Bal./Disp.:
43.02
Disp./Len.:
200.98
Construction:
FG
First Built:
1981
# Built:
5
Builder:
Cooper Yachts Ltd. (CAN)
Designer:
Stan Huntingford

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make:
Lehman
Type:
Diesel
HP:
85
Fuel:
185 gals / 700 L

Sailboat Calculations

S.A./Disp.:
17.51
Bal./Disp.:
43.02
Disp./Len.:
200.98
Comfort Ratio:
34.99
Capsize Screening Formula:
1.78

Accommodations

Water:
185 gals / 700 L

Notes

It is said that it is because of a legal dispute over the design that the COOPER 508 was in production for a relatively short time and only a few were built.

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