Lapworth 24
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2021}}
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|designer = Bill Lapworth
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|location = United States
|year = 1958
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|builder = Continental Plastics
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|4350|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|20.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|7.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor or inboard motor
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|keel type = modified long keel
|ballast = {{convert|1650|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = keel-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|24.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|9.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|183.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|110.25|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 249
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|successor = Gladiator 24
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The Lapworth 24, sometimes called an L24, is an American recreational keelboat designed by Bill Lapworth and first built in 1958.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lapworth-24|title= Lapworth 24 sailboat |access-date= 23 June 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210623144525/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/lapworth-24|archive-date= 23 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/lapworth-c-william|title= C. William Lapworth 1919 - 2006|access-date = 23 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210123212527/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/lapworth-c-william|archive-date= 23 January 2021|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 296. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}
The Lapworth 24 design was developed into the flush-deck Gladiator 24 in 1958. The Spartan 24 was developed from the same design as an economy model.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/gladiator-24|title= Gladiator 24 sailboat |access-date= 23 June 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210413182258/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/gladiator-24|archive-date= 13 April 2021|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Continental Plastics in Costa Mesa, California, United States, starting in 1958, but is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/continental-plastics-inc-usa|title = Continental Plastics Inc. (USA)|access-date = 23 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210413195940/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/continental-plastics-inc-usa|archive-date= 13 April 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Lapworth 24 is built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, an angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed modified long keel, with a cut-away forefoot. It displaces {{convert|4350|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1650|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
The boat is normally fitted with a {{convert|4|to|9|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor or inboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
Designed as a cruiser, there is sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and a two straight settee quarter berths in the main cabin. The galley is located on the both sides just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink to starboard and an icebox to port. A navigation station is on the port side, on top of the ice box. The head is located centered in the bow cabin. Cabin headroom is {{convert|60|in|cm|0|abbr=on}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|10|u.s.gal}}.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 249 and a hull speed of {{convert|6.0|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
Sixteen year old Robin Lee Graham sailed a used Lapworth 24, named Dove west from California in July 1965, reaching Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands in November 1968 before switching to a Luders 33 to complete the circumnavigation in 1970. His adventures became regular features in National Geographic Magazine and Graham later wrote a bestselling book about the voyage, entitled Dove.{{cite web|url= https://www.bwsailing.com/great-voyages-in-small-boats/|title= Great Voyages in Small Boats|access-date= 23 June 2021|last= Day|first= George|work= Bluewater Sailing|date= 23 January 2015|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210623152516/https://www.bwsailing.com/great-voyages-in-small-boats/|archive-date= 23 June 2021|url-status= live}}
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: The comparatively long deep keel on the L24 (and the Gladiator 24) versus her comp[etitor]s provides considerable directional stability (ie., ability to keep sailing in one direction without needing to correct the course using the helm or sail trim). Worst features: Like all her comps except one, the L24's draft is too deep for convenient trailer-sailing."
See also
References
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Category:1950s sailboat type designs