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 Sandpiper
565
Specifications:
L.O.A.: 18' 6" (5.65 m)
L.W.L.: 15' 0" (5.57 m)
Beam: 7' 1" (2.16 m)
Draft: 10" to 2' 10" (.85 m)
Displacement: 1200 lbs. (544 kg.)
Ballast: 300 lbs.
Sail area: 167 sq. ft. (15.52 m²)
Motor: outboard.
Headroom: sitting
Berths: 2 to 4
Rating (PHRF-LO)
: 300
Price range: $4,500 to $5,500
(with
trailer)
The Sandpiper is 18.5 feet long (5.65 metres), but
feels more like a keelboat than an enlarged dinghy. It has a
relatively high freeboard and deep cockpit. You can walk around
the deck of this boat, and it has a forward hatch and even a
small anchor locker. The Sandpiper is trailerable and its keel
(ballasted daggerboard) retracts completely into the hull, a
feature which makes this boat very easy to beach.
The Sandpiper's cabin has some real lounging space and plenty of
room to sleep two adults, and possibility one or two young
children. (The advertising literature claims that this boat can
sleep 4 adults, which, strictly speaking, is true). This boat
does have a fairly small cockpit, and with a total weight of
1200 pounds, it is starting to be a heavy load to pull behind a
family car. People interested in the Sandpiper 565 may also want
to look at the Edel 540 or the Wegu 18.
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