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A Blue Water Boats review of the design says, "the popular little Bristol 24, also called the Corsair in earlier times, is a safe and solidly built pocket cruiser from the 1960s. Hundreds were built in hand-laid fiberglass by the Sailstar Boat Company and later Bristol Yachts in Rhode Island with a production run that spanned 17 years.
A cabin "pop-top" adds some headroom when open. A galley is optional, as is the portable head. The cabin was described by Darrell Nicholson in a Practical Sailor review as "cramped and limited". [9] For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with an asymmetrical spinnaker of 570 sq ft (53 m 2). [1] [2]
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the Holder 20 One Design Class. [5] In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "best features: The Holder 20 is light enough to plane in a modest breeze. A long, wide cockpit offers plenty of room for crew in optimizing weight position and sail handling.
When C&C Yachts bought out Hinterhoeller in 1972 the boat was still in production and was then sold as the C&C Redwing 30. Production ended later in 1972, in favour of more modern designs, with only about 145-150 examples completed [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
The boat was built by B Boats in the United States, who constructed just 14 examples, starting in 1995, before production ceased. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The B-32 was recognized as the Best PHRF/Sportboat of the year for 1996 by Sailing World .
Other sailors saw the resulting boat, and how fast it sailed compared to the heavy displacement boats common on the Great Lakes at the time and asked Hinterhoeller to build similar boats for them. Hinterhoeller modified the design, stretching it out to 24 ft (7.3 m) and started production of what he then called the Shark .
The Coronado 15 is a recreational planing sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig with black anodized aluminum spars. The mast is flexible and supported by stainless steel standing rigging. The hull has a spooned plumb stem, a vertical transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable ...
The Sovereign Princess 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Arthur Edmunds as a cruiser and first built in 1981. [1] [2] [3]Like the Sovereign 23 family of boats and the Sovereign 7.0, the Sovereign Princess 24 is a development of Edmunds' S2 7.0 design, using the same hull molds, with a new deck design.
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