Venture 21
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| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Roger MacGregor |
| Location | United States |
| Year | 1966 |
| Builder | MacGregor Yacht Corporation |
| Role | Racer-Cruiser |
| Name | Venture 21 |
| Boat | |
| Displacement | 1,500 lb (680 kg) |
| Draft | 5.50 ft (1.68 m) with keel down |
| Hull | |
| Type | monohull |
| Construction | fiberglass |
| LOA | 21.00 ft (6.40 m) |
| LWL | 18.50 ft (5.64 m) |
| Beam | 6.83 ft (2.08 m) |
| Engine type | outboard motor |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | swing keel |
| Ballast | 400 lb (181 kg) |
| Rudder | transom-mounted rudder |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Cutter rig |
| I foretriangle height | 24.08 ft (7.34 m) |
| J foretriangle base | 7.67 ft (2.34 m) |
| P mainsail luff | 21.83 ft (6.65 m) |
| E mainsail foot | 9.75 ft (2.97 m) |
| Sails | |
| Sailplan | cutter rigged sloop |
| Mainsail area | 106.42 sq ft (9.887 m2) |
| Jib/genoa area | 92.35 sq ft (8.580 m2) |
| Total sail area | 198.77 sq ft (18.466 m2) |
| Racing | |
| PHRF | 252 |
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The Venture 21 is a recreational keelboat built from 1966[1][2][3] to 1979. It was the first monohull boat produced by MacGregor Yacht Corporation.[4]
It was designed by Roger MacGregor as part of his Stanford University Master of Business Administration degree program, with a prototype built in 1965 and then put into production.[5] It was developed into the MacGregor 21 in 1980.[1][3][6]
It is has a fiberglass hull. Early production boats had a plywood-cored deck, while later ones were balsa-cored. It has a spooned raked stem, a slightly angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a swing keel.[1][3] The boat has a draft of 5.50 ft (1.68 m) with the keel extended and 1.50 ft (0.46 m) with it retracted.[1][3]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. Cabin headroom is 48 in (122 cm).[1][3]
It has a cutter rig and may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.[1][3]
The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 252 and a hull speed of 5.8 kn (10.7 km/h).[3]