Sailmaster 22
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2021}}
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|designer = Sparkman & Stephens
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|location = Netherlands
United States
|year = 1963
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|builder = Werf Gusto
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Seafarer Yachts
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|draft = {{convert|5.90|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centerboard down
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|displacement = {{convert|3650|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|22.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|16.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor
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|keel type = stub long keel with centerboard
|ballast = {{convert|1400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = keel-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|26.80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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The Sailmaster 22 is a Dutch and American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser and daysailer and first built in 1963. It was Sparkman & Stephens design #1743.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sailmaster-22|title= Sailmaster 22 sailboat |access-date= 16 December 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211216201918/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sailmaster-22|archive-date= 16 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sparkman-stephens|title= Sparkman & Stephens|access-date = 16 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200810200933/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/sparkman-stephens|archive-date= 10 August 2020|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 197. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}
The design was developed into the Seafarer 23 Kestrel in 1963.
Production
The boat was initially built in the Netherlands by Werf Gusto in Schiedam and De Vries Lentsch in Amsterdam and imported into the United States by Seafarer Fiberglass Yachts of New York City and then by Sailmaster of Annapolis, Maryland. Production was moved to Seafarer Yachts in Huntington, New York in about 1965, who build the boats in a re-purposed supermarket. The design is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/amsterdam-shipyard-g-de-vries-lentsch|title = Amsterdam Shipyard G. de Vries Lentsch|access-date = 16 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211118142449/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/amsterdam-shipyard-g-de-vries-lentsch|archive-date= 18 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/werf-gusto|title = Werf Gusto|access-date = 16 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211216201945/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/werf-gusto|archive-date= 16 December 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Sailmaster 22 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of solid hand-laid fiberglass, with wood trim. The spars were originally sitka spruce. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem plumb stem, a raised counter transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub long keel with a retractable steel centerboard. It displaces {{convert|3650|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|1400|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of iron ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.90|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|2.33|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|3|to|6|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor mounted in a lazarette locker, for docking and maneuvering.{{cite web|url= https://www.spinsheet.com/boat-reviews/sailmaster-22-used-boat-review|title= Sailmaster 22 Used Boat Review|access-date= 16 December 2021|last= Hornor|first= Jack|work= SpinSheet|date= 5 April 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211216204114/https://www.spinsheet.com/boat-reviews/sailmaster-22-used-boat-review|archive-date= 16 December 2021|url-status= live}}
The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin. The galley is located on both sides just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove to starboard and a sink and icebox to port. Cabin headroom is {{convert|53|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 288 and a hull speed of {{convert|5.4|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Variants
Operational history
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: We like the big, comfortable cockpit and the space below devoted to accommodations for only two rather than for the usual four. We also like the classic style and elegance, including the beautifully varnished clear spruce spars and wood trim when the boats were new. Worst features: We wouldn't like the chores of sanding and varnishing all that wood and of maintaining the steel centerboard, which tends to corrode around its pivot point."
In a 2017 used boat review Jack Hornor wrote in The SpinSheet, "With a displacement/length ratio of 362 and a sail area/displacement ration of 15.9, the Sailmaster 22, as one would expect, needs a bit of a breeze (preferably better than six knots true) to get her going. The Sailmaster is always a balanced and responsive handler. However, with the full keel and attached rudder, the 22 will not respond or tack as quickly as a fin keel-spade rudder design. Performance improves noticeably as the wind picks up, and the 22 tracks well and is easily balanced."
See also
References
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External links
- [https://archive.today/20211216202630/http://southbaysail.com/uploads/3/4/4/5/34452568/7090038_orig.jpg?188 Photo of a Sailmaster 22, showing the long keel and hull shape]
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Category:1960s sailboat type designs
Category:Sailboat type designs by Sparkman and Stephens
Category:Sailboat types built by De Vries Lentsch