| Crystal 23 | |
| Designer: | Alan Buchanan |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Builder: | French Brothers Seamaster Limited Stebbings & Sons |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 3.5feet |
| Displacement: | 30000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | glassfibre |
| Loa: | 22.75feet |
| Lwl: | 18.17feet |
| Beam: | 7.5feet |
| Engine: | Volvo inboard engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 8300NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Total: | 225square feet |
| Successor: | Halcyon 23 |
The Crystal 23 is a British trailerable sailboat that was designed by Alan Buchanan as a cruiser and first built in 1961.[1] [2] [3]
The Crystal 23 was later developed into the Buchanan-designed 1967 Halcyon 23.[1] [3] [4]
The design was built by French Brothers and Seamaster Limited, and were fitted out by Stebbings & Sons in the United Kingdom, starting in 1961, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [5] [6]
The Crystal 23 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of glassfibre, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spooned raked stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel with a weighted bulb or optional bilge keels. It displaces 30000NaN0 and carries 8300NaN0 of iron ballast.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 3.5feet with the fin keel. It is fitted with a Swedish Volvo inboard engine for docking and maneuvering.[1] [3]
The design has a hull speed of 5.71kn.[3]