Achilles 24
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The Achilles 24 is a British sailboat that was designed by Oliver Lee and Chris Butler as a cruiser-racer and first built in 1968.[1][2][3]
The Achilles 24 is a development of the open Ajax.[1]
Production
The design was built by Butler Moldings in the United Kingdom, but it is now out of production. A number of boats were also constructed by amateur builders from kits supplied by Butler.[1][3][4][5][6]
Design
The Achilles 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, a spooned raked stem, a vertical transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or optional triple keel. It displaces Script error: No such module "convert". and carries Script error: No such module "convert". of ballast.[1][3]
The boat has a draft of Script error: No such module "convert". with the standard keel and Script error: No such module "convert". with the optional shoal draft triple keel. The triple keel allows beaching the boat in an upright position. The manufacturer claims that the triple keel only exacts a 3% performance penalty. However Yachting Monthly magazine reported in 2009, "Butler competed in AZAB and OSTAR races in the Achilles 24, which featured a bulbed fin keel. This gave the boat quite respectable speed and windward performance but a triple-keeled, shoal draught version was much more pedestrian."[1][3][4]
The boat was initially fitted with a small outboard motor, with an inboard gasoline engine optional for docking and maneuvering. Many were retro-fitted with diesel engines. The fresh water tank has a capacity of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1][3]
Early production boats had three cabin windows, but this was later changed to a single long window.[6]
Accommodations in the narrow-beam boat include two quarter berths and a forward "V"-berth, with a chemical head under the "V"-berth. It has a split galley, with a port side double sink and a starboard side two-burner stove. An anchor well is provide in the bow on boats after about serial number 250.[3][6]
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Operational history
The designer, Butler, raced the boat in the Azores and Back (AZAB) Yacht Race and Observer Single-handed Trans-Atlantic Race (OSTAR) races.[4]
In a 2009 review, Yachting Monthly magazine said, "factory-built boats were sound, strong but simple. The quality of the many home-built models will be variable."[4]
See also
Similar sailboats
- Atlantic City catboat
- Balboa 24
- C&C 24
- C&C SR 25
- Challenger 24
- Columbia 24
- Dana 24
- Islander 24
- Islander 24 Bahama
- J/24
- MacGregor 24
- Mirage 24
- Northern 1/4 Ton
- Nutmeg 24
- San Juan 24
- Seidelmann 245
- Shark 24
- Tonic 23
References
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