Hermann 22 Explained

Hermann 22
Designer:Richard P. Ketcham Jr.
Location:United States
Year:1961
Builder:Ted Hermann's Boat Shop
Role:Cruiser
Draft:4feet with the centerboard down
Displacement:45000NaN0
Hull Type:monohull
Construction:fiberglass
Loa:22feet
Lwl:20feet
Beam:9.5feet
Engine:Palmer 80NaN0 inboard engine
Keel Type:stub long keel and centerboard
Ballast:3000NaN0
Rudder Type:transom-mounted rudder
Rig Type:Bermuda rig
Sailplan:masthead sloop
Sailarea Total:270square feet

The Hermann 22, also called the Hermann 20 for its waterline length, is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Richard P. Ketcham Jr. as a cruiser and first built in 1961.[1] [2]

Production

The design was built by Ted Hermann's Boat Shop in Seaford, New York, United States from 1961 until about 1967, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [3]

Design

The Hermann 22 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with extensive wood trim, including wooden cockpit coamings. It has a masthead sloop rig, a slightly raked stem, an angled transom, a short transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub long fin keel with a centerboard. It displaces 45000NaN0 and carries 3000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]

The boat has a draft of 4feet with the centerboard extended and 2feet with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.[1] [2]

The boat is fitted with a Palmer inboard engine of 80NaN0 for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2]

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee quarter berths in the main cabin. The galley is located centered under the companionway ladder, which lowers to use the galley. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. Cabin headroom is 520NaN0.[1] [2]

The design has a hull speed of 6kn.[2]

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "here is a masthead sloop with a hull almost as wide (9 1/2 feet) and as heavy as a typical Cape God Catboat. She was the first fiberglass cruising sailboat built by Ted Hermann, at his Seaford Harbor, Long Island Boat Shop, way back at the beginning of the fiberglass era. Best features: She looks like a trim, prim, and wholesome product of the early 1960s, which is exactly what she is—and among her comp[etitor]s may take the Beauty Prize (though the Cornish Crabber is likely to give her a run for her money in the beauty department). Her large cockpit can handle a sizable crowd for daysailing. And with her shallow draft and smooth bottom, we can see her skipper dropping off the crowd and then putt-putting up to some tranquil gunkhole to anchor for the night. Worst features: Her rudder looks more like one sized for a powerboat than a sailboat, and maybe that's how she'd end up being used most of the time, since a sail area of only 270 square feet isn't going to move her wide, heavy hull very fast, at least in light air...."[2]

See also

Related development

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hermann 20 sailboat . 15 May 2021. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2020. https://archive.today/20210515173931/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hermann-20. 15 May 2021. live.
  2. Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 174. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010.
  3. Web site: Ted Hermann's Boat Shop. 15 May 2021. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2021. https://archive.today/20210514205013/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ted-hermanns-boat-shop. 14 May 2021. live.