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Achilles 24 |
Price Guide |
£3,500 to
£5,500 |
Builder |
Butler Mouldings, Swansea |
Length OA |
23' 9" |
Sail Area |
206 sq ft |
Length WL |
19' 6" |
Rig |
Sloop |
Brief Notes |
Beam |
7' 1" |
Cabins |
1 |
Designed by
Oliver Lee as a cruising variant of his Ajax racing keelboat
in 1971, they are a fairly fast and very seaworthy small cruiser,
with simple accommodation for two (or four at a pinch). |
.Draught |
3' 9" fin or 3' 3" triple
keel |
Berths |
2/4 |
Displacement |
2,600 lbs |
Engine type |
usually outboard, but some had Vire petrol
inboards as an option |
Ballast |
1,440 lbs |
Engine bhp |
normally 4 - 8 |
Keel type |
Fin & skeg, with option of
a shallower fin keel and small bilge keels to allow drying
out |
The Achilles 24 was designed in 1968 by Oliver Lee, and
between then and 1985 about 600 were built by Butler Mouldings
of Gowerton, near Swansea in Wales. Two versions were built,
the fin-keel, with draught of 3' 9" and the triple keel
version, with six inches shallower draught but slightly higher
ballast weight. Whilst the fin-keel versions are definitely
faster, the triple keel versions are not that much slower,
and have the major advantage of being able to dry out upright,
allowing mooring on cheaper drying moorings if required. |
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