| Sovereign 23 | |
| Designer: | Sovereign Design Group |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1981 |
| Builder: | Sovereign Yachts |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 2.33feet |
| Displacement: | 32500NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fiberglass |
| Loa: | 23feet |
| Lwl: | 18.5feet |
| Beam: | 8feet |
| Engine: | outboard motor |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 13500NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 28.42feet |
| J: | 10.2feet |
| P: | 23feet |
| E: | 8.5feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 97.75square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 144.94square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 242.69square feet |
| Phrf: | 252 |
The Sovereign 23 and Sovereign 24 are a family of American trailerable sailboats that was designed by Arthur Edmunds as cruisers and first built in 1981.[1] [2] [3]
The boat was also sold as the Sovereign 23 Adventure and a simplified, budget version with a different deck was sold as the Sovereign Antares 24.[1]
The Sovereign 23 and 24 are developments of Edmunds' S2 7.0, using the same hull mold, as are the Sovereign 7.0 and the Sovereign Princess 24.[1] [2] [3]
The designs were built by Sovereign Yachts in the United States, from 1981 until 1996, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The Sovereign 23 and 24 are recreational keelboats, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. They have masthead sloop rigs, raked stems, plumb transoms, transom-hung rudders controlled by tillers and a fixed fin keel or shoal draft keel. They displace 32500NaN0 and carry 13500NaN0 of ballast. The Sovereign 24 differs in having a 12inches bowsprit added.[1] [2] [3]
The boats have a draft of 3.67feet with the standard keel and 2.33feet with the optional shoal draft keel.[1] [2] [3]
The boats are normally fitted with a small 3to outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1] [3]
The design two different factory interior layouts. Interior A has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two a straight settee berths in the main cabin. The galley is located on both sides of the companionway ladder, with a two-burner stove to starboard and a sink to port. The head is located on the port side beside the galley and has a privacy door.[1] [2] [3]
Interior B also 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 galley is located on both sides of the companionway ladder, with a two-burner stove to starboard and a sink to port. The head is located in the bow cabin on the port side.[1] [2] [3]
In both layouts the cabin headroom is 670NaN0.[3]
For sailing the design may be equipped with a jib or one of a series of larger genoas[3]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 252 and a hull speed of 5.8kn.[3]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "Here's one of those boats that started life as a 23-footer, and a year or two later, without changing the hull, the marketers deemed that the boat had become a 24-footer, belatedly deciding to add the bowsprit as part of the length (which, of course, is not usual industry practice) ... Best features: Headroom and cabin space are very good for a 23-footer. Worst features: The statistics and specifications given in various Sovereign brochures are so inconsistent that we can't help but wonder about the accuracy of the company's claimed specifications. Be cautious before buying."[3]