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Mini Offshore Cruiser CAPRICE
Drawing #20912

Specifications
LOD
LWL
Beam
Draft
Displacement Loaded
Sail Area

Measurements (English Units)
21' 8"
15' 8"
8' 7"
4' 10"
8,367 lbs.
280 Sq Ft

This mini cruiser is designed for long term offshore cruising.
Although a little more than 15' at the waterline the buoyant and deep hull allow having all the necessary cargo for long term cruise.
She is wide. Allowing a good deck area, and with the small superstructure makes the work on deck easy. The more than usual heavy displacement had several advantages, one is the comfort by bad weather, and the other is the plentiful of room down bellow.
Two people will have all the comfort, including a private double stateroom aft, a small saloon with galley, and an enclosed head.
The companionway is on the roof of the main trunk cabin, off center and landing to the saloon and galley area.
A wood stove provide the heat and cooking, the sink been in the head area.
The construction is double sawn frames with strip edge fastened. No epoxy is used for the construction, nor plywood. The construction is all lumber, pine, fir. Some element like the keel is made of treated pine.
All fastening can be galvanized.
The whole ballast representing 50% of the displacement is inside, a mixture of concrete and steel