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The Buccaneer 220 is an American trailerable sailboat, designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1978. The design is now out of production.[1][2][3][4]
Development | |
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Designer | Gary Mull |
Year | 1978 |
Builder(s) | Buccaneer Yachts/US Yachts |
Name | Buccaneer 220 |
Boat | |
Crew | Two |
Draft | 3.00 feet (0.91 m) |
Hull | |
Type | Fractional rigged sloop |
Construction | Fiberglass |
LOA | 22.50 feet (6.86 m) |
LWL | 19.25 feet (5.87 m) |
Beam | 7.92 feet (2.41 m) |
Rig | |
Sails | |
Mainsail area | 95 sq ft (8.8 m2) |
Jib/genoa area | 109.56 sq ft (10.178 m2) |
Total sail area | 204.56 sq ft (19.004 m2) |
Racing | |
PHRF | 237 (average) |
The boat was built by Buccaneer Yachts/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.[1]
The design was later developed into the US Yachts US 22.[1]
The Buccaneer 220 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a transom hung rudder, a shoal-draft fin keel and may be fitted with a spinnaker for downwind sailing.[1][2]
It displaces 2,450 lb (1,111 kg), carries 950 lb (431 kg) of ballast and has a hull speed of 5.88 kn (10.89 km/h).[1][2]
The Buccaneer 220 has a PHRF racing average handicap of 237 with a high of 258 and low of 228.[2]
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