Buccaneer 220
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
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{{Use American English|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
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|crew = Two
|type = Fractional rigged sloop
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|construction = Fiberglass
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|loa = 22.50 feet (6.86 m)
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|lwl = 19.25 feet (5.87 m)
|beam = 7.92 feet (2.41 m)
|draft = 3.00 feet (0.91 m)
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|sailarea = {{convert|204.56|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|mainsail = {{convert|95|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|jib = {{convert|109.56|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 237 (average)
|year = 1978
|designer = Gary Mull
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|builder = Buccaneer Yachts/US Yachts
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The Buccaneer 220 is an American trailerable sailboat, designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1978. The design is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/buccaneer-220|title = Buccaneer 220 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 27 December 2021|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url = https://archive.today/20211227201130/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/buccaneer-220|archive-date = 27 December 2021|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/146/buccaneer-220|title = Sailboat Specifications for Buccaneer 220|accessdate = 5 June 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160805153614/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/146/buccaneer-220|archive-date = 5 August 2016|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|title = Garry Mull (1939-1994)|access-date = 20 December 2021|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url = https://archive.today/20210418231901/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|archive-date = 18 April 2021|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|title= Gary Mull|access-date= 20 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211220135325/https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|archive-date= 20 December 2021|url-status= live}}
Production
The boat was built by Buccaneer Yachts/US Yachts, a division of Bayliner, which is itself a division of the Brunswick Boat Group, which is in turn owned by the Brunswick Corporation.
The design was later developed into the US Yachts US 22.
Design
The Buccaneer 220 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom hung rudder, a shoal-draft fin keel and may be fitted with a spinnaker for downwind sailing.
It displaces {{convert|2450|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}, carries {{convert|950|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast and has a hull speed of {{convert|5.88|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.
The Buccaneer 220 has a PHRF racing average handicap of 237 with a high of 258 and low of 228.
See also
References
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{{Buccaneer sailboats}}
{{Gary Mull sailboat designs}}
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide}}
Category:1970s sailboat type designs