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The Rob Roy 23 is an American trailerable
sailboat A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture. Types Although sailboat terminology ...
, that was designed by Edward S. Brewer and first built in 1980. The design is out of production.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 246.
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, 2010.


Production

The boat was built by Marine Concepts in
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. The design is a cabin version of the Sun Seeker 23
daysailer A daysailer, day sailer, or dayboat is a small sailboat with or without sleeping accommodations but which is larger than a dinghy. Dayboats can be mono hull or multihull, and are typically trailer-able. Many dayboats have a small cabin or "cu ...
, which was also built by Marine Concepts.


Design

The Rob Roy 23 is a small recreational
centerboard A centreboard or centerboard (US) is a retractable hull appendage which pivots out of a slot in the hull of a sailboat, known as a ''centreboard trunk'' (UK) or ''centerboard case'' (US). The retractability allows the centreboard to be raised t ...
sailboat, built predominantly of
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, with wood trim. It is a fractional Gunter rigged
yawl A yawl is a type of boat. The term has several meanings. It can apply to the rig (or sailplan), to the hull type or to the use which the vessel is put. As a rig, a yawl is a two masted, fore and aft rigged sailing vessel with the mizzen mast p ...
and has an internally-mounted spade-type
rudder A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, aircraft, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (generally aircraft, air or watercraft, water). On an aircraft the rudder is used primarily to ...
and an "L"-shaped centerboard
keel The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in the construction of a ship, in Br ...
. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the centerboard down and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water or ground transportation on a trailer. The boat is normally fitted with a small well-mounted
outboard motor An outboard motor is a propulsion system for boats, consisting of a self-contained unit that includes engine, gearbox and propeller or jet drive, designed to be affixed to the outside of the transom. They are the most common motorised method ...
for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has sleeping accommodation for two or three people, depending on layout. It has two straight settee berths in the main cabin and the option of a third berth angled in the bow. The
galley A galley is a type of ship that is propelled mainly by oars. The galley is characterized by its long, slender hull, shallow draft, and low freeboard (clearance between sea and gunwale). Virtually all types of galleys had sails that could be used ...
is located on both sides in the bow. The galley equipped with a two-burner stove to port and a sink to starboard. The
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in the forward part of the bow. Cabin headroom is . The design has a
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racing average handicap of 201 and a
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of .


Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "there's nothing like a yawl rig to give character to a small sailboat. Add a canoe stern, comfortable accommodations for two (or three if you opt for a single berth forward squeezed in next to the head), reasonably good construction and finishing, and you have the makings of a classic small yacht. Ted Brewer, whose life has been spent designing comfortable cruising boats, has succeeded here in his efforts to create just such a boat; and Marine Concepts, which left the business in 2006, did a good job of building her. Rob Roy had a relatively long production run, from 1983 to 2000, with a hiatus from 1994 to 1997. Best features: She's a salty-looking boat, with practical features such as a tabernacle for the main mast, an unstayed mizzen, an L-shaped centerboard that frees up cabin space by keeping the board trunk small and out of the way, and an in-cockpit engine well. And of course, as a yawl she has the advantage of easily shortening sail when it comes on to blow. Worst features: She is not very fast or weatherly versus her comp titor, partly a result of her divided rig and oddly shaped centerboard, though she does fine on a reach."


See also

*
List of sailing boat types The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans). Olympic classes World Sailing Classes Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...
Similar sailboats * Beneteau First 235 *
Bluenose one-design sloop The Bluenose is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by William James Roué as a one design racer and first built in 1946. Roué was also the designer of the Bluenose racing schooner, built in 1921. The term ''Bluenoser'' is a nickname for pe ...
*
Hunter 23 The Hunter 23 is an American trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Hunter Marine and first built in 1985.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 234. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. Production The ...
*
O'Day 23 The O'Day 23 is a series of American trailerable sailboats, that were designed by C. Raymond Hunt Assoc. and first built in 1972.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', pages 186 and 240. International Marine/McGraw- ...
*
Paceship 23 The Paceship 23 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian and first built in 1969. Production The boat was built by Paceship Yachts in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada between 1969 and 1978, but it is now out of produ ...
* Paceship PY 23 * Precision 23 * Schock 23 * Sonic 23 * Stone Horse * Watkins 23


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* {{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide 1980s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Trailer sailers Sailboat type designs by Edward S. Brewer Sailboat types built by Marine Concepts