Maple Leaf 45 Explained

Maple Leaf 45
Designer:Stan Huntingford
Location:Canada
Year:1985
Builder:Cooper Enterprises
Role:Cruiser
Draft:6.25feet
Displacement:277000NaN0
Hull Type:monohull
Construction:fibreglass
Loa:45feet
Lwl:37.75feet
Beam:14feet
Engine:520NaN0 diesel engine
Keel Type:fin keel
Ballast:92000NaN0
Rudder Type:skeg-mounted rudder
Rig Type:Bermuda rig
Sailplan:masthead sloop
Sailarea Total:862square feet

The Maple Leaf 45 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Stan Huntingford as a cruiser and first built in 1985.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Production

The design was built by Cooper Enterprises in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, starting in 1985, but the company went out of business in 1990 and it is now out of production.[1] [2] [5] [6]

Design

The Maple Leaf 45 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. The hull has a foam core, while the deck is balsa-cored. The boat has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel mounted in a mid-cockpit and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 277000NaN0 and carries 92000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]

The boat has a draft of 6.25feet with the standard keel.[1] [2]

The boat is fitted with a diesel engine of 520NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2]

The design has sleeping accommodation for seven people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a drop-down dinette table and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove, ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and one on the port side in the aft cabin.[1] [2]

The design has a hull speed of 8.23kn.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maple Leaf 45 sailboat . 13 June 2022. McArthur. Bruce. sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20220613193354/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/maple-leaf-45. 13 June 2022. live.
  2. Web site: Maple Leaf 45. 13 June 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220613193354/https://sailboat.guide/cooper/maple-leaf-45. 13 June 2022. live.
  3. Web site: Stan Huntingford. 13 June 2022. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20220509124953/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/huntingford-stan. 9 May 2022. live.
  4. Web site: Stan Huntingford. 13 June 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220509125035/https://sailboat.guide/stan-huntingford. 9 May 2022. live.
  5. Web site: Cooper Enterprises Inc. (CAN) 1970 - 1990. 13 June 2022. McArthur. Bruce . sailboatdata.com. 2022. https://archive.today/20220511162445/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cooper-enterprises-inc-can. 11 May 2022. live.
  6. Web site: Cooper Enterprises Inc.. 13 June 2022. Sea Time Tech, LLC. sailboat.guide. 2022. https://archive.today/20220511162504/https://sailboat.guide/cooper. 11 May 2022. live.