Seafarer 24
The Seafarer 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by McCurdy & Rhodes as a cruiser and first built in 1974. Production. The design was built by Seafarer Yachts in Huntington, New York, in the United States starting in 1974, but it is now out of production. Boats were supplied complete and ready-to-sail, or as kits for amateur completion. Design. The Seafarer 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem and a reverse transom. There were versions with a fixed keel and a retractable centerboard . There were two different decks available, "Standard" and "Futura", plus four different cabin layouts. The Standard deck has of cabin headroom, while the Futura has in the aft portion. The design has sleeping accommodation for five people. One typical layout has a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a straight settee berth to starboard in the main cabin and a drop-down dinette table to port that converts to a double berth. The galley is located on the starboard side amidships and is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on  the starboard side. The enclosed head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. The fresh water tank has a capacity of . The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The design has a hull speed of . Operational history. In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "the centerboard version has virtually the same ballast and displacement as the fixed keel design, but with ballast weight centered higher up: the board has only 207 lbs. of lead, which makes her significantly more tender than the keel boat in heavy air. A  Seafarer brochure mentions that this version 'has positive self-righting ability regardless of centerboard position.' Maybe so, but since 85 percent of the ballast is only a foot below the [waterline], righting moment is minimal. We'd not venture far out in heavy air."