- Length
- 7.06 m
- Beam
- 2.34 m
- Draft
- 1.12 m
- Sail area
- 21.18 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 7.06 m
- Waterline length
- 5.18 m
- Beam
- 2.34 m
- Draft
- 1.12 m
- Displacement
- 1,361 kg
- Ballast
- 567 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 21.18 m²
- Mainsail area
- 10.68 m²
- Foresail area
- 10.51 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 7.97 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 2.64 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 7.01 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 3.05 m
- Forestay length
- 8.39 m
Hull & construction3
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, skeg-hung rudder
- Ballast material
- Cast iron
Production & design4
- Production started
- 1964
- Production ended
- 1968
- Hulls built
- 390
- Designer
- Philip Rhodes
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 17.58
- Displacement / length
- 272.6
- Ballast / displacement
- 41.7 %
- Comfort ratio
- 16.3
- Capsize screening
- 2.13
- Hull speed
- 5.52 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Tempest 23 (O’Day)1 generation
01
1964–1968