Sailboat Specifications
DefinitionsHull Type: | Full Keel |
Rigging Type: | Fractional Sloop |
LOA: | 22.50 ft / 6.86 m |
LWL: | 16.75 ft / 5.11 m |
S.A. (reported): | 235.00 ft² / 21.83 m² |
Beam: | 7.00 ft / 2.13 m |
Displacement: | 3,000.00 lb / 1,361 kg |
Ballast: | 1,200.00 lb / 544 kg |
Max Draft: | 3.00 ft / 0.91 m |
Construction: | FG |
First Built: | 1962 |
Last Built: | 1982 |
# Built: | 1776 |
Builder: | Pearson Yachts (USA) |
Designer: | Carl Alberg |
Accomodations
Headroom: | 3.83 ft / 1.17 m |
Sailboat Calculations
DefinitionsS.A. / Displ.: | 18.12 |
Bal. / Displ.: | 40.00 |
Disp: / Len: | 284.99 |
Comfort Ratio: | 18.78 |
Capsize Screening Formula: | 1.94 |
S#: | 1.95 |
Hull Speed: | 5.48 kn |
Pounds/Inch Immersion: | 418.95 pounds/inch |
Rig and Sail Particulars
HELPI: | 25.00 ft / 7.62 m |
J: | 7.50 ft / 2.29 m |
P: | 25.42 ft / 7.75 m |
E: | 11.08 ft / 3.38 m |
S.A. Fore: | 93.75 ft² / 8.71 m² |
S.A. Main: | 140.83 ft² / 13.08 m² |
S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles): | 234.58 ft² / 21.79 m² |
S.A./Displ. (calc.): | 18.09 |
Est. Forestay Length: | 26.10 ft / 7.96 m |
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Designers: | Carl Alberg |
Builders: | Pearson Yachts |
Associations: | Ensign Class - USA |
Related Sailboats: | ELECTRA (PEARSON) |
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Notes
In 1959 Carl Alberg was commissioned by Pearson Yachts to design a 22-foot cruiser suitable for racing in the Midget Ocean Racing Club (MORC). This was the ELECTRA, which had a masthead rig, a small, self-bailing cockpit, and a cabin with galley space, head and bunks. About 350 ELECTRAS were built over the next six years.
Pearson dealers surmised that prospective Electra buyers might prefer the boat with a larger cockpit and smaller cabin. They passed the information along to Pearson, who subsequently asked Alberg to design a day sailor, suitable for one-design racing, based on the ELECTRA hull.
Other changes made included moving the mast six inches s forward, increasing the area of the mainsail, and reducing the height of the fore triangle.
The ELECTRA DAY SAILOR, as it was first called, was an instant success: 219 were sold in the first year (1962). At this time, the first class racing was organized (Fleet #l, out of Larchmont, New York).
The next year saw 213 more boats built and nine more fleets formed - in Houston, Texas; Hingham, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Huntington and Port Washington, New York, Miami, Florida; Gibson Island, Maryland; and Falmouth, Maine.
The last known builder (2003) was Ensign Spars Inc. of Dunedin, FL (USA).
Pearson dealers surmised that prospective Electra buyers might prefer the boat with a larger cockpit and smaller cabin. They passed the information along to Pearson, who subsequently asked Alberg to design a day sailor, suitable for one-design racing, based on the ELECTRA hull.
Other changes made included moving the mast six inches s forward, increasing the area of the mainsail, and reducing the height of the fore triangle.
The ELECTRA DAY SAILOR, as it was first called, was an instant success: 219 were sold in the first year (1962). At this time, the first class racing was organized (Fleet #l, out of Larchmont, New York).
The next year saw 213 more boats built and nine more fleets formed - in Houston, Texas; Hingham, Massachusetts; Providence, Rhode Island; Huntington and Port Washington, New York, Miami, Florida; Gibson Island, Maryland; and Falmouth, Maine.
The last known builder (2003) was Ensign Spars Inc. of Dunedin, FL (USA).
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