Maple Leaf 54
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=May 2022}}
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|designer = Stan Huntingford
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|location = Canada
|year = 1978
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|builder = Cooper Enterprises
|role = Motorsailer
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|draft = {{convert|7.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|42000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fibreglass
|loa = {{convert|54.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|45.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|14.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Ford Lehman {{convert|120|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|12000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = skeg-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|58.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|23.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|50.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = cutter rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|452.97|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|667.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Maple Leaf 54 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Stan Huntingford as a motorsailer and first built in 1978.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/maple-leaf-54|title= Maple Leaf 54 sailboat |access-date= 15 May 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220515235149/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/maple-leaf-54|archive-date= 15 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/cooper/maple-leaf-54|title= Maple Leaf 54|access-date= 15 May 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220515235203/https://sailboat.guide/cooper/maple-leaf-54|archive-date= 15 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/huntingford-stan|title= Stan Huntingford|access-date = 15 May 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220509124953/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/huntingford-stan|archive-date= 9 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/stan-huntingford|title= Stan Huntingford|access-date= 15 May 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220509125035/https://sailboat.guide/stan-huntingford|archive-date= 9 May 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Cooper Enterprises in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, starting in 1978, but the company went out of business in 1990 and it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cooper-enterprises-inc-can|title = Cooper Enterprises Inc. (CAN) 1970 - 1990|access-date = 15 May 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220511162445/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cooper-enterprises-inc-can|archive-date= 11 May 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/cooper|title= Cooper Enterprises Inc.|access-date= 15 May 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220511162504/https://sailboat.guide/cooper|archive-date= 11 May 2022|url-status= live}}
Design
The Maple Leaf 54 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a cutter rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|42000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|12000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|7.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
The boat is fitted with a Ford Lehman diesel engine of {{convert|120|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and manoeuvring.
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with two berths in the bow cabin, two more just aft of the bow cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side and one on the starboard side in the aft cabin.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|9.01|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Operational history
In 1984 review in Yachting magazine, Chris Caswell wrote, "the Maple Leaf series (48, 50, 54, 56 and 68) is distinctive for powerful hulls, graceful deckhouses, and center cockpits.{{cite web|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5eirAWyFIr8C&pg=PA116|title= Return of the Motorsailer|access-date= 15 May 2022|last= Caswell|first= Chris|work= Yachting|date= June 1984}}