Wylie Wabbit 24
The Wylie Wabbit 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Thomas Wylie as a racer and first built in 1982. Production. The design was built by North Coast Yachts in the United States, starting in 1982. A total of 63 boats were completed before it went out of production. Design. The Wylie Wabbit 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. Construction is iso resin, E-glass, with a foam core on the hull bottom. 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 and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin. Cabin headroom is . For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker and a trapeze is also used for racing. The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 150 and a hull speed of . Operational history. The boat  is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the "Wylie Wabbit Class". The designer describes the boat, "the Wabbit is a camper-cruiser for spirited people who want to go fast whenever and wherever. For this reason, she is the maximum trailerable weight for a small family sedan. Her sail inventory is minimal: one main, one jib, and one spinnaker, yet speeds of 20 knots are common. The boat lends itself to experienced sailors, but if a welcomed beginner makes a mistake on the trapeze, swimming is not the penalty." In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote , "the Wabbit is 'a long, lean, light, and very fast boat that could also function as a simple camping cruiser.' ... Is she fast? Well, her PHRF averages 150, more like that for a 30- to 36-foot racer-cruiser, so you can guess the answer. Best features: She's so fast it will make your head spin. Worst features: With such slight headroom and diminutive Space Index, you won't want to sleep aboard very often."