| Santana 21 | |
| Insignia: | File:Santana 21 sail badge.png |
| Insignia Size: | 75px |
| Designer: | Seymour Paul |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1969 |
| No Built: | 879 |
| Builder: | W. D. Schock Corp |
| Role: | Racer-Cruiser |
| Draft: | 5feet with keel down |
| Displacement: | 17000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 21.25feet |
| Lwl: | 19.33feet |
| Beam: | 7.5feet |
| Engine: | outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | swing keel |
| Ballast: | 5500NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 23.5feet |
| J: | 9.5feet |
| P: | 21.5feet |
| E: | 8feet |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 86square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 111.63square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 197.63square feet |
| Phrf: | 267 |
The Santana 21 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Seymour Paul as a lightweight racer-cruiser and first built in 1969.[1] [2] [3]
The design was built by W. D. Schock Corp in the United States between 1969 and 1976, with 879 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [4] [5]
The Santana 21 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a nearly-plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a stub keel with a swing keel. It displaces 17000NaN0 and carries 5500NaN0 of iron ballast.[1] [3]
The design has a draft of 5feet with the keel extended and 1.5feet 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 for docking and maneuvering.[3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. Cabin headroom is 460NaN0.[1] [3]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical or an asymmetrical spinnaker.[6]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 267 and a hull speed of 5.9kn.[3]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "...the Santana 21 was conceived as a lightweight racer-cruiser, with the emphasis on racing, In fact, with a D/L ratio of 86, she is technically classified as an ultralight. Her major distinction is her unique 550-pound hinged cast-iron keel, mounted in a one-foot-deep fixed stub keel. The swinging part reaches five feet below the waterline in the down position, providing considerable righting moment. The swing-keel trunk has a massive cast-iron hinge weighing approximately 100 pounds, which is said in the builder's literature to give the swinging part 'superior lateral support and protects it during beaching manuevers.' Best features: She looks fast to us ... Worst features: The rudder is detachable but not hinged, limiting navigation to waters deeper than three feet (or slightly less in absolutely calm protected water) despite the announced eighteen inch minimum draft. The depth of the keel is controlled by a winch mounted down below, just forward of the mast (see inboard profile), not easy to get to in an emergency. With 3' 10" headroom, cruising of any significant duration would best be done by shorter than average sailors or those with flexible backs."[3]
A review in Sailrite reported, "the Santana 21 performs well in most conditions and is very fun to sail. The Santana 21 has reasonable accommodations for a 21 footer."[6]