Lodestar

#252 a 55' steel cruising sailboat Build in STEEL

Characteristics
Length overall (on deck) 55'-0"
Length overall (with bowsprit) 58'-11"
Length waterline 45'-0"
Beam 15'-7"
Draft (keel version) 7'-0"
Draft (C.B. version-board up) 5'-8"
Draft (C.B. version-board down) 11'-3"
Freeboard forward 6'-10"
Freeboard aft 5'-10"
Displacement (at D.W.L.) 57,350 lbs.
Ballast weight 17,200 lbs.
Weight of steel components (estimated) 25,000 lbs.
Cabin headroom 6'-5 to 6'-9"
Fuel capacity 430 gals.
Water capacity 640 gals.
Holding tank capacity 490 gals.
Sleeping accommodations 6-7
Sail area Main - 559 sq. ft.
Foretriangle - 660 sq. ft.
Mizzen - 260 sq. ft.
Total - 1479 sq. ft.
Hull type: Multi-chine sheet steel, internally ballasted hull, with separate keel and skeg-mounted rudder.
Sail type: Masthead ketch double headsail rig with club-footed jib.
Power: Single inboard diesel engine of approximately 75 shp.
Ballast: Concrete and scrap steel.

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