| US 22 | |
| Insignia: | File:US Yachts US 22 class lettering.jpg |
| Insignia Size: | 100px |
| Image Boat: | File:US Yachts US 22 sailboat Vesper 8 September 2018.jpg |
| Designer: | Gary Mull |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Builder: | US Yachts |
| Crew: | two |
| Displacement: | 24500NaN0 |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 22feet |
| Lwl: | 19.92feet |
| Beam: | 7.92feet |
| Hull Draft: | 4.1feet with swing keel 2.67feet with shoal keel |
| Keel Type: | fixed deep or shoal keel, optional swing keel |
| Ballast: | 9500NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | transom-mounted |
| Rigs: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| I: | 24.8feet |
| J: | 8.7feet |
| P: | 25feet |
| E: | 7.5feet |
| Sailarea Main: | 93.75square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 107.88square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 202square feet |
| Phrf: | 282 |
The US Yachts US 22 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1979.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The US 22 is a development of the 1977 Ranger 22 and the Buccaneer 220 of 1978, both Mull designs. The US 22 design was later developed into the Triton 22 and built by Pearson Yachts starting in 1985.[1] [5] [6]
The boat was built by US Yachts, a division of Bayliner, which is itself a division of the Brunswick Boat Group, which is in turn owned by the Brunswick Corporation. The design was constructed starting in 1979, but it is now out of production.[1] [7] [8]
The US 22 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of hand-laid fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a raked stem and reverse transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller.[1] [9]
It displaces 24500NaN0 and carries 9500NaN0 of ballast. The boat was factory-built with three different types of fin keels: a conventional fixed keel, a fixed shoal-draft keel and a retractable swing keel.[1] [2] [10] [11] [9] [12] [13]
The boat has a draft of 4.1feet with the standard keel and 2.6feet with the optional shoal draft keel. The swing keel model has a draft of 5.75feet with the keel down and 2.42feet with it up, allowing beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.[1] [2] [10] [11] [9] [12]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 3to outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1] [3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow, a drop-down dinette table on the port side that forms a double berth and a single quarter berth on the starboard side that extends under the cockpit. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway steps. The galley is equipped with an optional two-burner alcohol-fired stove, a single sink with hand-pumped water supply and a portable icebox. The optional head is located in the bow cabin on the port side under the forward section of the "V" berth and consists of a portable toilet. The cabin sole is teak and holly. Ventilation is provided by a hatch over the bow cabin. Below decks headroom is 570NaN0.[1] [9] [3]
For sailing the boat is equipped with a mainsheet traveler mounted on the bridge deck, genoa tracks, an internally-mounted outhaul, topping lift and reefing system. There are two cockpit winches for the jib. The boat may be fitted with a spinnaker for downwind sailing.[9]
All versions of the US 22 have hull speeds of 5.982NaN2.[2] [11]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel noted the wide four seat dinette table, which can be converted into a double berth. He listed the full keel version's worst features, in comparison to its competition, as, "the draft is a little high, the ballast a little low, and the headroom low, too."[3]
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