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Sadler 290 |
Brief details |
Builder |
Rampart Yachts, Southampton |
The Sadler 290, despite it's name, is no relation to the older Sadlers designed by David and Martin Sadler. Instead she is a very modern design from Stephen Jones with the aim of producing a compact yet fast and seaworthy yacht with good accommodation. She is one of very few sub 30 ft yachts to achieve RCD Category 'A' Ocean status, even in bilge-keel form. The original design was for both fin and bilge keel options, but with Stephen Jones' well known racing design expertise the twin-keeled version turned out to be so fast that virtually no-one ordered a fin-keeler. |
LOA |
29' 2" |
Sail area |
602 sq ft |
LWL |
25' 11" |
Rig |
Fractional sloop |
Beam |
10' 8" |
Cabins |
Forecabin, saloon and aft cabin |
Draught |
4' 3" |
Berths |
max 6 |
Displacement |
10,608 lbs |
Engine |
Yanmar 3YM30 diesel |
Ballast |
4,840 lbs |
BHP |
27 |
Keel type |
Twin lead-antimony bilge keels with spade rudder |
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The Sadler 290 was designed by Stephen Jones as an attempt to produce a more modern, higher volume successor to the well known original Sadler designs, which whilst very seaworthy and generally good performers, do not offer the sort of accommodation desired by many current buyers.
Built by Rampart Yachts in Southampton, the hulls were moulded in GRP with foam stringers and bonded-in bulkheads, with the lead keels on GRP stubs to keep the ballast weight low. By modern standards she is quite heavy for her size, with a 46% ballast ratio giving her an AVS of 140 degrees, more than most modern production 35-footers. She is nevertheless a fast boat, 'Yachting Monthly' describing her as ".... a quick but stiff boat that is easily capable of seeing off larger yachts".
About 50 were built in total, the example illustrated being one of the last yachts fully built by Rampart Yachts, which went into administration in 2008. At this point some hulls were unfinished, and these were eventually completed by other builders. |
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