Columbia 24 Contender
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
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|designer = Joseph McGlasson and Columbia Yachts
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|location = United States
|year = 1963
|no built = 330
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|builder = Columbia Yachts
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|draft = {{convert|3.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|3600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|24.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|18.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|7.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = modified long keel
|ballast = {{convert|1600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = keel-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|30.10|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|8.80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|27.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|11.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|155.25|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|132.44|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total = {{convert|287.69|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 258
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The Columbia 24 Contender is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Joseph McGlasson in conjunction with Columbia Yachts and first built in 1963.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/columbia-24-contender|title= Columbia 24 Contender sailboat |access-date= 21 February 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210221151311/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/columbia-24-contender|archive-date= 21 February 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mcglasson-joseph|title= Joseph McGlasson|access-date = 21 February 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210220155420/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mcglasson-joseph|archive-date= 20 February 2021|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 283. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}
The design is a development of the Columbia 24, which, in turn, was a development of the Islander 24.
Production
The design was built by Columbia Yachts in the United States, with 330 boats completed between 1963 and 1968, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/columbia-yachts|title = Columbia Yachts 1961 - |access-date = 21 February 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210218150525/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/columbia-yachts|archive-date= 18 February 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Columbia 24 Contender is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a spooned, raked stem; a raised counter, angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed modified long keel, with a cutaway forefoot. It displaces {{convert|3600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1600|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|3|to|6|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering, mounted in an aft well.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin. A galley was optional. The head is located in the bow cabin, under the "V"-berth. Cabin headroom is {{convert|57|in|cm|abbr=on}}.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 258 and a hull speed of {{convert|5.7|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: Although without amenities like a stove, icebox, or stowage space, this basic boat was quite inexpensive for her time, and no doubt drew many new sailors into yachting. Worst features: Although the outboard well is located conveniently close to the cockpit, it is in an unventilated area. Some owners have had trouble with the engine smothering in its own exhaust fumes, unless the hatch is removed or sufficient ventilation is established in some other way."
See also
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20210221160013/http://highlifeyachts.com/photos/fullsize/1965-columbia-contender-sailboat-with-sails-bristol-ri-no-fees-no-reserve-1.jpg Photo of a Columbia 24 Contender]
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Category:1960s sailboat type designs