About Thurston

Length overall: 21 feet

Length on waterline: 19 feet

Beam (width): 5.5 feet

Weight, empty: 650 pounds
Loaded & manned: 1,200 pounds

Draft: 7 inches

Sail area: 150 square feet

Purpose: long-distance coastal, river, and island cruising for one or two

Construction: foam-core fiberglass, wooden cabin top and lazarette

Accommodations: watertight cabin 8 feet long, average 3 feet wide

Stowage: aluminum tanks and bins under aluminum floorboards

Sailing rig: cat ketch (unstayed), leeboards, kick-up rudder

Builder: Marine Concepts (with modifications by Steve and Ginny Ladd)