The Seaward Eagle, sometimes called the Seaward Eagle 32, is an American sailboat that was designed by Nick Hake as a

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and first built in 1996.

Production

The design was built by Hake Yachts in the United States, starting in 1996, but it is now out of production.

Design

The Seaward Eagle is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional

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rig, a plumb stem, a vertical

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, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a

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and a fixed

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or optional lifting keel, powered by an electric winch. It displaces and carries of ballast with the wing keel and of ballast with the lifting keel. The wing keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of , while the lifting keel-equipped version has a draft of with the keel extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water. The boat is fitted with an

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for docking and maneuvering. The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double

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in the bow cabin, an "U"-shaped settee around a drop-down table in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The

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is located on the starboard side just forward of the

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ladder. The galley is "U"-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, icebox and a double sink. The

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is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. The design has a hull speed of .

Operational history

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Robert Perry reviewed the design in 2002, for ''Sailing Magazine'', writing, "I thought this was a handsome boat with a perky, near-plumb stem, nice accenting rubrail and well-sculpted deck structures. What I don't like about his design is the way the sheer spring has been exaggerated aft. This is a great example of why you need to think of these lines in three dimensions. The sailplan shows this strong sheerline, and it looks just fine. But in the water, it appears to my eye that there is some conflict with the sheer's low point and the distribution of beam. The kick in the sheer aft is just too exaggerated for my eye. Still, it's good to see a designer with the chutzpa to put a healthy spring in the sheer. It certainly gives this boat a distinct personality, and nit-picking aside I like this boat." A 2004 review in ''Sail'' magazine noted, "the accommodations, designed around the keel trunk in the saloon, are comfortable and well suited to coastal cruising."

References

{{Hake Yachts Keelboats 1990s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by Nick Hake Sailboat types built by Hake Yachts

Production

Design

Operational history

See also

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