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The Moore 24 is a type of sailboat.

Designed by Santa Cruz, California surfer/sailor, George Olson, it is one of the first ultralight displacement sailboats, entering production in 1972. This design, along with the Santa Cruz 27 and Olson 30 changed the world of performance sailing with their breakaway downwind speed. Well founded rumor has it that George Olson was going to abandon the mold to the prototype Moore 24, Grendel, with a wild ride down a hill, in the mold of course, when it was rescued by Ron Moore and put into production. To improve on the sailing characteristics of Grendel, Moore used jacks to pry apart the original narrow-beam hull tooling, increasing the maximum beam by about one foot to 6'8". This resulted in the characteristic asymmetry of the Moore 24, where one half of the boat is about 2 1/2" wider than the other.

This fiberglass sloop is used primarily for racing and fast daysailing. In the late 70's, a Moore 24 was sailed by a couple from California to Hawaii, thus demonstrating its seaworthiness. In the 1980 Singlehanded Transpac, three yellow Moore 24s were entered in the biennial race from San Francisco to Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Hawaii, sailed by Lester Robertson, Bob Boyes, and Chuck Hawley.

Principle dimensions are:

LOA: 23'9" LWL: 21'9" Beam: 6'8" DISP: 2050 lb.

The Moore 24 is constructed of vacuum-bagged fiberglass and balsa composite hull and deck structure with a Bruynzeel plywood interior. Of particular interest is the main bulkhead, which is has a circular passage allowing access to the forepeak. The original hulls were partially cored in the bow and aft central portion of the hull. Later models had a complete balsa-cored hull. Approximately 160 Moore 24s have been built.

The hull has a few design themes which make it stand out in appearance. The bow has a slight hollow, and the side view shows a reversed sheerline which maximizes interior space (such as it is). The original version had a flush deck with a small footwell for a cockpit with no coamings or seatbacks.

In the late 80s a "Sport" model was introduced with a low-profile wedge deck. Four Sport models were purchased by the UCSC Sailing Program as one-design trainers.

The Express 27 was greatly influenced by the Moore 24.

[edit] External links

• Moore 24 class website
• History of the class up to 1990
• Express 27 influenced by Moore 24 design