Seafarer 23 Challenger

The Seafarer 23 Challenger is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by McCurdy & Rhodes as a cruiser and first built in 1978.^[1][2][3]

Seafarer 23 Challenger

Development
Designer	McCurdy & Rhodes
Location	United States
Year	1978
Builder	Seafarer Yachts
Role	Cruiser
Name	Seafarer 23 Challenger
Boat
Displacement	2,550 lb (1,157 kg)
Draft	3.25 ft (0.99 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass
LOA	22.67 ft (6.91 m)
LWL	18.50 ft (5.64 m)
Beam	7.58 ft (2.31 m)
Engine type	outboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	1,020 lb (463 kg)
Rudder	skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
I foretriangle height	26.00 ft (7.92 m)
J foretriangle base	9.25 ft (2.82 m)
P mainsail luff	21.75 ft (6.63 m)
E mainsail foot	8.00 ft (2.44 m)
Sails
Sailplan	masthead sloop
Mainsail area	87.00 sq ft (8.083 m2)
Jib/genoa area	120.25 sq ft (11.172 m2)
Total sail area	207.25 sq ft (19.254 m2)

The design is sometimes confused with the similarly named Seafarer 23 and the Seafarer 23 Kestrel.^[1][3]

Production

The design was built by Seafarer Yachts, from 1978 until 1984 in the United States, but it is now out of production.^[1][3][4][5]

Design

The Seafarer 23 Challenger is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a slightly reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal-draft keel. It displaces 2,550 lb (1,157 kg) and carries 1,020 lb (463 kg) of lead ballast.^[1][3]

The boat has a draft of 3.25 ft (0.99 m) with the standard keel and 2.33 ft (0.71 m) with the optional shoal draft keel. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.^[1][3]

The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a straight settee in the main cabin on the port side and slides out to form a double berth and a single berth on the starboard side. The galley is located under the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink. The enclosed head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side, or optionally in the bow cabin, under the "V"-berth, to give more room in the main cabin.^[1][3]

The design has a hull speed of 5.76 kn (10.67 km/h).^[3]

See also

• List of sailing boat types