Vivacity 24

Vivacity 24

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Development
Designer	Alan F. Hill
Location	United Kingdom
Year	1969
Builder(s)	Russell Marine
Role	Cruiser
Name	Vivacity 24
Boat
Displacement	4,200 lb (1,905 kg)
Draft	3.67 ft (1.12 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	glassfibre
LOA	23.50 ft (7.16 m)
LWL	20.75 ft (6.32 m)
Beam	8.00 ft (2.44 m)
Engine type	inboard engine/outboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	1,750 lb (794 kg)
Rudder(s)	skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	24.00 ft (7.32 m)
J foretriangle base	9.95 ft (3.03 m)
P mainsail luff	21.00 ft (6.40 m)
E mainsail foot	10.05 ft (3.06 m)
Sails
Sailplan	masthead sloop
Mainsail area	105.53 sq ft (9.804 m2)
Jib/genoa area	119.40 sq ft (11.093 m2)
Total sail area	224.93 sq ft (20.897 m2)

The Vivacity 24 is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by Alan F. Hill as a cruiser and first built in 1969. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Production

The design was built by Russell Marine in the United Kingdom, starting in 1969, but it is now out of production. ^{[1] [3] [5]}

Design

The Vivacity 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a spooned, raked stem; an angled transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional twin keels. It displaces 4,200 lb (1,905 kg) and carries 1,750 lb (794 kg) of iron ballast. ^{[1] [3]}

The boat has a draft of 3.67 ft (1.12 m) with the standard keel and 2.5 ft (0.76 m) with the optional twin keels. ^{[1] [3]}

The boat may be fitted with an inboard engine or a small 3 to 8 hp (2 to 6 kW) outboard motor for docking and manoeuvring. ^{[1] [3]}

The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and drop-down dinette table in the main cabin. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a stove and a sink. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side. Cabin headroom is 67 in (170 cm). ^{[1] [3] [4]}

The design has a hull speed of 6.1 kn (11.3 km/h). ^[3]

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "the Vivacity 24 is a relatively heavy and somewhat under-rigged coastal cruiser. Best features: The twin keeler sails and tracks well downwind. Worst features: Several owners say their Vivacity 24s are sluggish to windward and tend to pound in a chop. They also point out that their boats are under rigged for light air sailing conditions, and can benefit from additional light weather cruising chutes and foresails to keep them moving. But fully rigged in winds above 20 knots they can develop a nasty weather helm. Moral: reef at 15 knots." ^[3]

In a 2017 review Go Sail noted, "the Vivacity 24 is a small solidly built small cruiser offering good safe coastal cruising with reasonable performance and well laid out accommodation for her size." ^[4]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

Related development

• Vivacity 20

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Vivacity 24 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Alan F. Hill". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
3. Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 317. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN   978-0-07-163652-0
4. "Vivacity 24 Yacht / Sailboat". Go Sail. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
5. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Russell Marine Ltd. 1959 - 1980". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2021.