Sailmaster 22

Sailmaster 22

Development
Designer	Sparkman & Stephens
Location	Netherlands United States
Year	1963
Builder(s)	Werf Gusto De Vries Lentsch Seafarer Yachts
Name	Sailmaster 22
Boat
Displacement	3,650 lb (1,656 kg)
Draft	5.90 ft (1.80 m) with centerboard down
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass
LOA	22.00 ft (6.71 m)
LWL	16.50 ft (5.03 m)
Beam	7.00 ft (2.13 m)
Engine type	outboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	stub long keel with centerboard
Ballast	1,400 lb (635 kg)
Rudder(s)	keel-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	26.80 ft (8.17 m)
J foretriangle base	7.60 ft (2.32 m)
P mainsail luff	23.10 ft (7.04 m)
E mainsail foot	11.00 ft (3.35 m)
Sails
Sailplan	masthead sloop
Mainsail area	127.05 sq ft (11.803 m2)
Jib/genoa area	101.84 sq ft (9.461 m2)
Total sail area	228.89 sq ft (21.265 m2)
Racing
PHRF	288
Seafarer 23 Kestrel  →

The Sailmaster 22 is a Dutch and American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser and daysailer and first built in 1963. It was Sparkman & Stephens design #1743. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The design was developed into the Seafarer 23 Kestrel in 1963. ^{[1] [3]}

Production

The boat was initially built in the Netherlands by Werf Gusto in Schiedam and De Vries Lentsch in Amsterdam and imported into the United States by Seafarer Fiberglass Yachts of New York City and then by Sailmaster of Annapolis, Maryland. Production was moved to Seafarer Yachts in Huntington, New York in about 1965, who build the boats in a re-purposed supermarket. The design is now out of production. ^{[1] [3] [4] [5]}

Design

The Sailmaster 22 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of solid hand-laid fiberglass, with wood trim. The spars were originally sitka spruce. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem plumb stem, a raised counter transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub long keel with a retractable steel centerboard. It displaces 3,650 lb (1,656 kg) and carries 1,400 lb (635 kg) of iron ballast. ^{[1] [3]}

The boat has a draft of 5.90 ft (1.80 m) with the centerboard extended and 2.33 ft (0.71 m) with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer. ^{[1] [3]}

The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor mounted in a lazarette locker, for docking and maneuvering. ^{[1] [3] [6]}

The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin. The galley is located on both sides just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove to starboard and a sink and icebox to port. Cabin headroom is 53 in (135 cm). ^{[1] [3]}

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 288 and a hull speed of 5.4 kn (10.0 km/h). ^[3]

Variants

Sailmaster 22 D

Daysailer model with a smaller cabin and larger cockpit. ^{[1] [3]}

Sailmaster 22 W

Weekender model with a bigger cabin and smaller cockpit. ^{[1] [3]}

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: We like the big, comfortable cockpit and the space below devoted to accommodations for only two rather than for the usual four. We also like the classic style and elegance, including the beautifully varnished clear spruce spars and wood trim when the boats were new. Worst features: We wouldn't like the chores of sanding and varnishing all that wood and of maintaining the steel centerboard, which tends to corrode around its pivot point." ^[3]

In a 2017 used boat review Jack Hornor wrote in The SpinSheet, "With a displacement/length ratio of 362 and a sail area/displacement ration of 15.9, the Sailmaster 22, as one would expect, needs a bit of a breeze (preferably better than six knots true) to get her going. The Sailmaster is always a balanced and responsive handler. However, with the full keel and attached rudder, the 22 will not respond or tack as quickly as a fin keel-spade rudder design. Performance improves noticeably as the wind picks up, and the 22 tracks well and is easily balanced." ^[6]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

References

1. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Sailmaster 22 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
2. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Sparkman & Stephens". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
3. Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 197. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN   978-0-07-163652-0
4. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Amsterdam Shipyard G. de Vries Lentsch". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
5. McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Werf Gusto". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
6. Hornor, Jack (5 April 2017). "Sailmaster 22 Used Boat Review". SpinSheet. Archived from the original on 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

External links

• Photo of a Sailmaster 22, showing the long keel and hull shape