| Seafarer 23 Challenger | |
| Designer: | McCurdy & Rhodes |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Builder: | Seafarer Yachts |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 3.25feet |
| Displacement: | 25500NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 22.67feet |
| Lwl: | 18.5feet |
| Beam: | 7.58feet |
| Engine: | outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 10200NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 26feet |
| J: | 9.25feet |
| P: | 21.75feet |
| E: | 8feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 87square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 120.25square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 207.25square feet |
The Seafarer 23 Challenger is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by McCurdy & Rhodes as a cruiser and first built in 1978.[1] [2] [3]
The design is sometimes confused with the similarly named Seafarer 23 and the Seafarer 23 Kestrel.[1] [3]
The design was built by Seafarer Yachts, from 1978 until 1984 in the United States, but it is now out of production.[1] [3] [4] [5]
The Seafarer 23 Challenger is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a slightly reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional shoal-draft keel. It displaces 25500NaN0 and carries 10200NaN0 of lead ballast.[1] [3]
The boat has a draft of 3.25feet with the standard keel and 2.33feet with the optional shoal draft keel. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1] [3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a straight settee in the main cabin on the port side and slides out to form a double berth and a single berth on the starboard side. The galley is located under the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink. The enclosed head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side, or optionally in the bow cabin, under the "V"-berth, to give more room in the main cabin.[1] [3]
The design has a hull speed of 5.76kn.[3]