The hull is foam cored fiberglass with sufficient extra foam bouyancy to make the boat unsinkable. Watertight bulkheads are placed bow and stern to control flooding in the event of major damage. There is a chine step forward to turn down the bow wave at powering speeds. The twin keels have been model tested and optimized for efficiency. There is vertually no drag penalty over a long fin keel of deeper draft.
All lines lead to the cockpit for ease of sail handling with the jib set on roller furling.
An 8 foot dinghy can be hinged off the swim grid for easy launching and boarding. The wide side decks, shallow draft, ability to take groundings level, dinghy stowage, and aft swim grid are just some of the features that make the 11.5 M an excellent charter boat, corporate vessel, or just personal yacht. Charter companies please enquire. Plans include 6 sheets of drawings and a typewritten book of specifications. Bray Yacht Design and Research Ltd.