| Sailmaster 22 | |
| Designer: | Sparkman & Stephens |
| Location: | Netherlands United States |
| Year: | 1963 |
| Builder: | Werf Gusto De Vries Lentsch Seafarer Yachts |
| Draft: | 5.9feet with centerboard down |
| Displacement: | 36500NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 22feet |
| Lwl: | 16.5feet |
| Beam: | 7feet |
| Engine: | outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | stub long keel with centerboard |
| Ballast: | 14000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | keel-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 26.8feet |
| J: | 7.6feet |
| P: | 23.1feet |
| E: | 11feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 127.05square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 101.84square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 228.89square feet |
| Phrf: | 288 |
| Successor: | Seafarer 23 Kestrel |
The Sailmaster 22 is a Dutch and American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Sparkman & Stephens as a cruiser and daysailer and first built in 1963. It was Sparkman & Stephens design #1743.[1] [2] [3]
The design was developed into the Seafarer 23 Kestrel in 1963.[1] [3]
The boat was initially built in the Netherlands by Werf Gusto in Schiedam and De Vries Lentsch in Amsterdam and imported into the United States by Seafarer Fiberglass Yachts of New York City and then by Sailmaster of Annapolis, Maryland. Production was moved to Seafarer Yachts in Huntington, New York in about 1965, who build the boats in a re-purposed supermarket. The design is now out of production.[1] [3] [4] [5]
The Sailmaster 22 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of solid hand-laid fiberglass, with wood trim. The spars were originally sitka spruce. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem plumb stem, a raised counter transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed stub long keel with a retractable steel centerboard. It displaces 36500NaN0 and carries 14000NaN0 of iron ballast.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 5.9feet with the centerboard extended and 2.33feet with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer.[1] [3]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 3to outboard motor mounted in a lazarette locker, for docking and maneuvering.[1] [3] [6]
The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin. The galley is located on both sides just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove to starboard and a sink and icebox to port. Cabin headroom is 530NaN0.[1] [3]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 288 and a hull speed of 5.4kn.[3]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: We like the big, comfortable cockpit and the space below devoted to accommodations for only two rather than for the usual four. We also like the classic style and elegance, including the beautifully varnished clear spruce spars and wood trim when the boats were new. Worst features: We wouldn't like the chores of sanding and varnishing all that wood and of maintaining the steel centerboard, which tends to corrode around its pivot point."[3]
In a 2017 used boat review Jack Hornor wrote in The SpinSheet, "With a displacement/length ratio of 362 and a sail area/displacement ration of 15.9, the Sailmaster 22, as one would expect, needs a bit of a breeze (preferably better than six knots true) to get her going. The Sailmaster is always a balanced and responsive handler. However, with the full keel and attached rudder, the 22 will not respond or tack as quickly as a fin keel-spade rudder design. Performance improves noticeably as the wind picks up, and the 22 tracks well and is easily balanced."[6]
