| Aquarius 23 | |
| Insignia: | A 23 |
| Insignia Size: | 150px |
| Designer: | Peter Barrett & Stan Miller |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1969 |
| Builder: | Coastal Recreation, Inc |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 4.58feet with swing keel down |
| Displacement: | 22800NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 22.67feet |
| Lwl: | 21.17feet |
| Beam: | 7.92feet |
| Engine: | outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | swing keel |
| Ballast: | 8150NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 22feet |
| J: | 8.7feet |
| P: | 23.7feet |
| E: | 10.3feet |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 122.06square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 95.7square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 217.76square feet |
| Phrf: | 282 |
The Aquarius 23 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Peter Barrett and Stan Miller as a cruiser and first built in 1969.[1] [2] [3]
The design was developed into several derivative models, the Aquarius 23-2, the Aquarius 7.0 and the Balboa 23.[1] [3] [4] [5]
The family of designs was built by Coastal Recreation, Inc in the United States from 1969 to 1981, when the company went out of business.[1] [3] [6]
The Aquarius 23 family are all recreational keelboats, built predominantly of fiberglass, with balsa-cored decks. The hulls all have a slightly raked stems, slightly angled transoms, rudders controlled by a tiller and cabin "pop-tops".[1] [3]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 3to outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1] [3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin. The starboard settee is almost 14feet long and can accommodate two people. There is a drop leaf table located at the long berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. Cabin headroom is 59inches or 71inches with the pop-top up.[1] [3]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 282 and a hull speed of 6.2kn.[3]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel faulted the boat's aesthetics, writing, "because the freeboard is very high, partly to provide more than usual headroom for a 23-foot boat, she looks high and boxy."[3]
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