Islander 24 Bahama
{{short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=November 2019}}
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|designer = Joseph McGlasson
|location = United States
|year = 1964
|no built = 500
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|builder = McGlasson Marine/Islander Yachts
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|draft = {{convert|3.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|4200|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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|beam = {{convert|7.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|1700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = keel-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|28.84|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|8.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|25.80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|11.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = Masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|149.38|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|121.42|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 264
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The Islander 24 Bahama, also called the Islander Bahama 24, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Joseph McGlasson and first built in 1964.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bahama-24-islander|title = Islander 24 Bahama sailboat |access-date = 19 November 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191113144931/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bahama-24-islander|archivedate =13 November 2019|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mcglasson-joseph|title = Joseph McGlasson|access-date = 19 November 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191113144928/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mcglasson-joseph|archivedate =13 November 2019|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 316. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}
The Islander 24 Bahama is a development of the 1961 Islander 24 which itself is a fiberglass development of the wooden-hulled Catalina Islander.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/islander-24|title = Islander 24 sailboat |access-date = 19 November 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190416193654/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/islander-24|archivedate =16 April 2019|url-status= live}}
Development
McGlasson approached Glas Laminates to build a version of his wooden Catalina Islander in fiberglass. The mold was created by using the hull of one of the wooden boats and the resulting fiberglass boats retained the distinctive wooden board imprints from the mold. The 1961 Islander 24 features a trunk cabin, but the raised deck Islander 24 Bahama version proved a bigger commercial success and, as a result the Islander 24 had a relatively short production run.
Production
The design was built by McGlasson Marine/Islander Yachts in the United States from 1964 to 1970, with 500 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/islander-tradewind-yachts|title = Islander / Tradewind Yachts|access-date = 19 November 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190416193619/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/islander-tradewind-yachts|archivedate =16 April 2019|url-status= live}}
Design
The Islander 24 Bahama is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, a raised transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|4200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1700|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast. It has a raised deck which gives a cabin with greater shoulder room, rather than a trunk cabin.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.42|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel fitted.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|3|to|6|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
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|54|in|cm|abbr=on}}.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 264 and a hull speed of {{convert|6.0|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
See also
Related development
Similar sailboats
References
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{{Islander Yachts}}
{{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide}}
Category:1960s sailboat type designs