Sonata 8

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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{{Infobox sailboat specifications

|name = Sonata 8

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|designer = Gary Mull

|location = United States

|year = 1979

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|builder = Investigator Yachts

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|displacement = {{convert|2822|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|hulls =

|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|26.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|loh =

|lwl = {{convert|19.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|8.20|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|hull draft = {{convert|5.09|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = lifting keel

|ballast = {{convert|500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder

|rigs = Fractional rigged sloop

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|I = {{convert|25.75|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|9.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|28.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|11.48|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea main = {{convert|160.72|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|115.88|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total ={{convert|276.60|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|successor = Sonata 26

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The Sonata 8 is a sailboat that was designed by American Gary Mull as a one design racer and first built in 1979.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sonata-8|title = Sonata 8 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 1 January 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220101193355/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/sonata-8|archive-date= 1 January 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|title = Garry Mull (1939-1994)|access-date = 20 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210418231901/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|archive-date= 18 April 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|title= Gary Mull|access-date= 20 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211220135325/https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|archive-date= 20 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/sonata-8|title= Sonata 8|access-date= 1 January 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220101193414/https://sailboat.guide/sonata-8|archive-date= 1 January 2022|url-status= live}}