Moore 24
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Moore 24
|insignia = File:Moore 24 sail badge.png
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|image boat = File:SCYC SCORE-Moore 24 Regatta, April 2014.jpg
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|designer = George Olson and Ron Moore
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|location = United States
|year = 1972
|no built = 158 (2021)
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|class = MORC
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|builder = Moore Sailboats
|role = Racer
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|draft = {{convert|4.08|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|2050|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|23.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|21.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|7.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|1000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|26.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|9.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|25.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|9.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|118.75|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|127.97|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea total = {{convert|246.72|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 150-156
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The Moore 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by George Olson and Ron Moore as a racer and first built in 1972.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/moore-24|title= Moore 24 sailboat |access-date= 18 August 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210821122225/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/moore-24|archive-date= 21 August 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/olson-george|title= George Olson 1946 - 2015|access-date = 18 August 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210818190825/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/olson-george|archive-date= 18 August 2021|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 261. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}
Production
The design is built by Moore Sailboats in the United States. The company built 156 boats between 1972 and 1988, with two more in more recent years, for a total of 158. The design remains in production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/moore-sailboats|title = Moore Sailboats|access-date = 18 August 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201014182415/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/moore-sailboats|archive-date= 14 October 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.mooresailboats.com/moore-24/|title= Moore 24|access-date= 18 August 2021|author= Moore Sailboats|work= mooresailboats.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210818222142/https://www.mooresailboats.com/moore-24/|archive-date= 18 August 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Moore 24 is a development of Grendal, a prototype sailboat that was intended for a Transpacific Yacht Race for boats under {{convert|30|ft|m|abbr=on}} in length. That race was never held, but Grendal went on to win the 1970 Midget Ocean Racing Class (MORC) championships. Grendal had a beam of under {{convert|6|ft|m|abbr=on}}, but the production boat was given a wider beam of {{convert|7.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}. The Moore 24 also received a raised deck to increase headroom below, a relocated keel and a new sail plan. Development has continued though the production period of the boat and production boats in 2021 were all flush-decked, with open transoms, while remaining class-legal.
The Moore 24 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|2050|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast, giving it a high ballast-displacement of 48.78%.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.08|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel. It is normally fitted with a small {{convert|2|to|4|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. It has sleeping accommodation for two people. Cabin headroom is {{convert|42|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 156 according to The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats and 150 according to the Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.2|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |title=No Cal PHRF |url=http://yra.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Baserate_032822.pdf |website=YRA}}
Operational history
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Moore 24 National Association.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/moore-24-racing-class-assoc|title= Moore 24 Racing (Class Assoc.)|access-date = 18 August 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210818190826/https://sailboatdata.com/association/moore-24-racing-class-assoc|archive-date= 18 August 2021|url-status= live}}
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: She's fast in heavy air; the high (50%) B/D ratio helps to keep the Moore 24 on her feet. Worst features: Due to her light weight and cramped cabin space, almost no one would want to buy this design as a cruising boat."
Serial circumnavigator Webb Chiles sailed his Moore 24, Gannet, solo around the world from 2014–2019, departing and arriving San Diego, California.{{cite web|url= https://www.yachtingworld.com/voyages/solo-pacific-sailing-webb-chiles-moore-24-gannet-126337|title= Solo Pacific sailing: The adventures of Webb Chiles and his Moore 24 Gannet|access-date= 2 October 2021|last= Chiles|first= Webb |work= yachtingworld.com|date= 1 June 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210121235136/https://www.yachtingworld.com/voyages/solo-pacific-sailing-webb-chiles-moore-24-gannet-126337|archive-date= 21 January 2021|url-status= live}}
In 2016 the Moore 24 Mas! won the Pacific Cup overall, double handed, crewed by Mark English and Ian Rogers. The two set a new course record for the Moore 24 of 10 days 14 hours and 30 minutes{{cite web |title=Moore 24 sweeps Pacific cup |url=https://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2016/07/22/moore-24-sweeps-pacific-cup/ |website=Sailing Scuttlebutt|date=23 July 2016 }} with a 240 mile best 24 hour run.{{cite web |title=240 mile date Mas |url=https://yb.tl/paccup2016 |website=YB tracker}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{Official website|https://www.mooresailboats.com/moore-24/}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLYDq4PEJRM Video - Surfing a Moore 24]
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmoxShnB0yY Video - Tour of a Moore 24]
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