5/3/2023 0 Comments Eastward ho sailboat for saleThe designer, Eldredge McInnis of Boston, MA, a firm started in 1926, tended to specialize in large yachts, especially motorsailers. There was also a choice of motive power, including a Volvo MD-2 diesel (22 hp) or an Atomic Four (30 hp). In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "the Eastward Ho was available either as a sloop. The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 269 and a hull speed of 6.0 kn (11.1 km/h). The galley is equipped with a stove, an icebox and a sink. The galley is located on both sides of the companionway ladder. The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with two straight settee quarter berths in the main cabin and upper berths above them. gallons (83 L 18 imp gal) and the fresh water tank also has a capacity of 22 U.S. The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo MD4 diesel engine of 22 hp (16 kW), a Universal Atomic 4 30 hp (22 kW) or Palmer gasoline engine for docking and maneuvering. The boat has a draft of 3.83 ft (1.17 m) with the standard keel. With the optional bowsprit it can be cutter rigged. It has a masthead sloop rig, a spooned plumb stem, an angled transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. ![]() The Eastward Ho 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. The first boats were built in 1975, but it is now out of production. Ryder in Bristol, Rhode Island under contract, then finished and marketed by Portsmouth Yachts in the United States. The Eastward Ho 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Walter McInnis of Eldridge-McInnis, as a cruiser and first built in 1975.
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