TONIC 23
A compact, trailerable cruiser with a lifting or fin keel.
Simple to sail and simple to fix, which is exactly why so many of the ±750 boats built are still sailing today.
Philippe Harlé drew a boat you can trail behind a family car, launch on your own and sleep four in. Forty years on, that is still an unusual combination.
- Length overall 7.30 m
- Waterline 6.20 m
- Beam 2.50 m
- Displacement 1 300 kg
- Rig Fractional sloop
- Mainsail 14.6 m²
- Jib 13.0 m²
- Spinnaker 33.8 m²
- Designer Philippe Harlé
- Built 1985–92
- Hulls ±750
- Berths 4
Figures for the centreboard version. The fin keel draws 1.12 m and displaces 1 300 kg.
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