Bluejacket 23

Bluejacket 23
MORCEE version shown
Development
DesignerCuthbertson & Cassian (C&C Designs)[1][2][3]
LocationCanada
Year1967 - 1974
No. built107[4]
Builder(s)Paceship Yachts
RoleDaysailer and Midget Ocean Racing Club Rule (MORC) Racer
NameBluejacket 23
Boat
Displacement2,000 lb (907 kg)
Draft3.75 ft (1.14 m)
Air draft29.5 ft (9.0 m)
Hull
TypeMonohull
ConstructionFiberglass
LOA22.83 ft (6.96 m)
LWL17.50 ft (5.33 m)
Beam7.00 ft (2.13 m)
Engine typeOutboard motor in well
Hull appendages
Keel/board typeFin keel
Ballast900 lb (408 kg)
Rudder(s)Spade rudder
Rig
GeneralBermuda Fractional rig, deck stepped mast
I foretriangle height21.00 ft (6.40 m)
J foretriangle base7.50 ft (2.29 m)
P mainsail luff25.00 ft (7.62 m)
E mainsail foot9.8 ft (3.0 m)
Sails
SailplanFractional Sloop
Mainsail area78.75 sq ft (7.316 m2)
Jib/genoa area122.5 sq ft (11.38 m2)
Upwind sail area201.25 sq ft (18.697 m2)
Racing
Class associationMORC
PHRF243[5]
These are the lines and accommodations of the Paceship Bluejacket 23 Daysailer.

The Bluejacket 23 is a 23-foot (7.0 m) Canadian trailerable, fibreglass monohull sailboat designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian (C&C Designs) as a day sailer and club racer and first built in 1967.[6]

  1. ^ Browning, Randy (2017). "BLUEJACKET 23 (PACESHIP) sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  2. ^ Moran, Jay (2017). "Paceship Yachts Ltd - Bluejacket". The Paceship Website. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Paceship Bluejacket Daysailer - Morcee (original sales brochure)" (PDF). The Paceship Website. 1967. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  4. ^ Moran, Jay (2017). "Paceship Yachts Ltd - boat models built". The Paceship Website. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Sail Nova Scotia PHRF Handicap System - List All Yachts". Sail Nova Scotia PHRF Handicap System. 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  6. ^ Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 187. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0