- Length
- 7.7 m
- Beam
- 2.74 m
- Draft
- 1.37 m
- Sail area
- 29.17 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 7.7 m
- Waterline length
- 6.71 m
- Beam
- 2.74 m
- Draft
- 1.37 m
- Displacement
- 2,041 kg
- Ballast
- 907 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 29.17 m²
- Mainsail area
- 12.36 m²
- Foresail area
- 16.86 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 10.06 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.35 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 8.53 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 2.9 m
- Forestay length
- 10.6 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, spade rudder
Tanks1
- Fresh water tank
- 79 L
Production & design4
- Production started
- 1977
- Production ended
- 1983
- Hulls built
- 392
- Designer
- C. William Lapworth
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 18.48
- Displacement / length
- 188.67
- Ballast / displacement
- 44.4 %
- Comfort ratio
- 16.21
- Capsize screening
- 2.18
- Hull speed
- 6.29 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Cal 2-251 generation
01
1977–1983