- Length
- 7.6 m
- Beam
- 2.41 m
- Draft
- 1.73 m
- Sail area
- 23.23 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement7
- Length overall
- 7.6 m
- Waterline length
- 7.01 m
- Beam
- 2.41 m
- Draft
- 1.73 m
- Minimum draft
- 0.56 m
- Displacement
- 953 kg
- Ballast
- 283 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, fractional rig
- Sail area
- 23.23 m²
- Mainsail area
- 11.95 m²
- Foresail area
- 11.32 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 7.62 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 2.97 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 7.47 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 3.2 m
- Forestay length
- 8.18 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Keel with centreboard
Production & design4
- Production started
- 1973
- Production ended
- 1987
- Hulls built
- 7000
- Designer
- Roger Macgregor
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 24.45
- Displacement / length
- 77.05
- Ballast / displacement
- 29.8 %
- Comfort ratio
- 8.74
- Capsize screening
- 2.48
- Hull speed
- 6.43 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Macgregor 251 generation
01
1973–1987