- Length
- 6.78 m
- Beam
- 2.36 m
- Draft
- 1.04 m
- Sail area
- 20.25 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement7
- Length overall
- 6.78 m
- Waterline length
- 5.64 m
- Beam
- 2.36 m
- Draft
- 1.04 m
- Displacement
- 1,179 kg
- Ballast
- 454 kg
- Mast height above water
- 9.07 m
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, fractional rig
- Sail area
- 20.25 m²
- Mainsail area
- 9.94 m²
- Foresail area
- 10.34 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 7.38 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 2.8 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 7.01 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 2.83 m
- Forestay length
- 7.89 m
Hull & construction3
- Hull material
- Fibreglass, balsa-cored sandwich
- Keel type
- Fin keel, spade rudder
- Ballast material
- Cast iron
Production & design3
- Production started
- 1968
- Production ended
- 1972
- Designer
- William H. Shaw
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 18.49
- Displacement / length
- 183.32
- Ballast / displacement
- 38.5 %
- Comfort ratio
- 13.38
- Capsize screening
- 2.26
- Hull speed
- 5.76 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Pearson 221 generation
01
1968–1972