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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Roger MacGregor |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1973 |
| Builder(s) | MacGregor Yacht Corporation |
| Role | Cruiser |
| Name | Venture of Newport 23 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 2,000 lb (907 kg) |
| Draft | 5.50 ft (1.68 m) with keel down |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 22.58 ft (6.88 m) |
| LWL | 19.50 ft (5.94 m) |
| Beam | 7.17 ft (2.19 m) |
| Engine type | outboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | swing keel |
| Ballast | 600 lb (272 kg) |
| Rudder(s) | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Cutter rig |
| I foretriangle height | 22.75 ft (6.93 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 12.42 ft (3.79 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 25.50 ft (7.77 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 9.00 ft (2.74 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | Cutter rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 114.75 sq ft (10.661 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 141.75 sq ft (13.169 m2) |
| Total sail area | 256.03 sq ft (23.786 m2) |
| Racing | |
| PHRF | 255 |
The Venture of Newport 23, also called the Venture 23 and the MacGregor 23, is an American trailerable character sailboat that was designed by Roger MacGregor as a cruiser and first built in 1973. The design is intended as a miniature replica of a 19th-century pilot cutter.[1][2][3]
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Venture of Newport 23 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Roger MacGregor". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 262. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0