| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | disputed |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1975 |
| Builder | Bayliner |
| Role | Cruiser |
| Name | Buccaneer 240 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) |
| Draft | 2.50 ft (0.76 m) |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 23.67 ft (7.21 m) |
| LWL | 20.33 ft (6.20 m) |
| Beam | 8.00 ft (2.44 m) |
| Engine type | outboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | long keel |
| Ballast | 1,250 lb (567 kg) |
| Rudder | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| I foretriangle height | 26.20 ft (7.99 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 9.33 ft (2.84 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 22.25 ft (6.78 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 8.75 ft (2.67 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | masthead sloop |
| Mainsail area | 97.34 sq ft (9.043 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 122.22 sq ft (11.355 m2) |
| Total sail area | 219.57 sq ft (20.399 m2) |
| Racing | |
| PHRF | 270 |
The Buccaneer 240 and Buccaneer 245 are recreational keelboats built from 1975 [1] [2] [3] [4] to 1979 by Bayliner Marine Corp. in the United States. [1] [4] [5]
McArthur says that the boats are Bayliner developments of Alan Payne's Columbia T-23, adapted from a "splashed" mold using a T-23 hull. Henkel claims that the designs are a scaled down version of William Garden's Buccaneer 300, created by Bayliner's in-house design team. [1] [4]
The design goals were outlined by Bayliner as a roomy, trailerable, cruising-oriented sailboat with six feet of below deck headroom. [6]
The Buccaneer 240 and 245 are recreational keelboats, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. They have masthead sloop rigs, raked stems, plumb transoms, transom-hung rudders controlled by tillers and fixed, shallow draft, long keels. [1] [4]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth. The galley is located on the port side at the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a double sink. The large head is located beside the companionway on the starboard side, has 72 in (180 cm) of headroom and includes a shower. The main cabin headroom is also 72 in (180 cm) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 20 U.S. gallons (76 L; 17 imp gal). The number of the ports was not consistent through the production run of the boat. [1] [4]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 270 and a hull speed of 6.0 kn (11.1 km/h). [4]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel described the boat as a "floating apartment for coasting downwind. He wrote, "the Buccaneer Design Team ... created a group of high, boxy looking "wedding cake" designs with keels too shallow and with too little ballast for good upwind performance. Best features: Very extensive accommodations, with double berth aft, V-berth forward, convertible dinette in a "lounge" area that doesn't need to be made up every morning, a huge "bathroom" with head, sink, and shower, galley with a "refrigerator" (actually, just an icebox?), stove, and two-basin sink, Oh, and there's 6-foot headroom too. Worst features: The penalty for the good living arrangements below is a boat that sails downwind satisfactorily, but is no good upwind." [4]