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The Buccaneer 240 and Buccaneer 245 are a family of American trailerable sailboats that were both designed as cruisers and first built in 1975.[1][2][3][4]

Production

The designs were built by Bayliner Marine Corp. in the United States, between 1975 and 1979, but are now out of production.[1][4][5]

Design

McArthur says that the boats are Bayliner developments of Alan Payne's Columbia T-23, adapted from a "splashed" mold using a T-23 hull. Henkel claims that the designs are a scaled down version of William Garden's Buccaneer 300, created by Bayliner's in-house design team.[1][4]

The design goals were outlined by Bayliner as a roomy, trailerable, cruising-oriented sailboat with six feet of below deck headroom.[6]

The Buccaneer 240 and 245 are recreational keelboats, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. They have masthead sloop rigs, raked stems, plumb transoms, transom-hung rudders controlled by tillers and fixed, shallow draft, long keels.[1][4]

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth. The galley is located on the port side at the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a double sink. The large head is located beside the companionway on the starboard side, has 72 in (180 cm) of headroom and includes a shower. The main cabin headroom is also 72 in (180 cm) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 20 U.S. gallons (76 L; 17 imp gal). The number of the ports was not consistent through the production run of the boat.[1][4]

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 270 and a hull speed of 6.0 kn (11.1 km/h).[4]

Variants

Buccaneer 240
This outboard motor-equipped model was introduced in 1975. It has a length overall of 23.67 ft (7.2 m), a waterline length of 20.33 ft (6.2 m), displaces 4,000 lb (1,814 kg) and carries 1,250 lb (567 kg) of ballast. The boat has a draft of 2.50 ft (0.76 m) with the standard keel. The boat is fitted with a small 4 to 8 hp (3 to 6 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1][4]
Buccaneer 245
This inboard diesel engine-equipped model was introduced in 1975. It has a length overall of 23.67 ft (7.2 m), a waterline length of 20.33 ft (6.2 m), displaces 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) and carries 1,050 lb (476 kg) of ballast. The boat has a draft of 2.30 ft (0.70 m) with the standard keel. The boat is fitted with a small Volvo 7.5 hp (6 kW) inboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[2][4][7]

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel described the boat as a "floating apartment for coasting downwind. He wrote, "the Buccaneer Design Team ... created a group of high, boxy looking "wedding cake" designs with keels too shallow and with too little ballast for good upwind performance. Best features: Very extensive accommodations, with double berth aft, V-berth forward, convertible dinette in a "lounge" area that doesn't need to be made up every morning, a huge "bathroom" with head, sink, and shower, galley with a "refrigerator" (actually, just an icebox?), stove, and two-basin sink, Oh, and there's 6-foot headroom too. Worst features: The penalty for the good living arrangements below is a boat that sails downwind satisfactorily, but is no good upwind."[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Buccaneer 240 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Buccaneer 245 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Alan Payne 1921 - 1995". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 276. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0
  5. ^ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Bayliner (Buccaneer/US Yachts) 1970 - 1979". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  6. ^ Bayliner (1975). "What makes Buccaneer the top value family cruising yacht?". Cruising World. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. ^ Bayliner (January 1976). "Buccaneer 240". Cruising World. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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