Mull Ranger 29 Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

28.58' · 8.71 m

Disp.

6,700 lbs · 3,039 kg

First year

1970

Introduced in 1970, the Ranger 29 represents a pivotal moment in the evolution of North American production sailboats. Designed by the legendary West Coast naval architect Gary Mull and built by Ranger Yachts—a division created by Jack Jensen of Jensen Marine to complement Cal Boats—the Ranger 29 was conceived as a highperformance racercruiser. It was positioned to bridge the gap between the smaller, lightdisplacement Ranger 26 and the highly successful, offshorecapable Ranger 33. During this era, sailboat design was transitioning from the heavy, fullkeeled proportions of the Cruising Club of America (CCA) rule to the more performanceoriented shapes of the International Offshore Rule (IOR). Prospective buyers should carefully distinguish the Gary Mulldesigned Ranger 29 from the earlier, unrelated Rhodes Ranger 29 designed by Philip Rhodes in 1960. While the Rhodes version is a heavy, fullkeel traditional cruiser, the Mulldesigned Ranger 29 is a distinctly modern, agile, and stiff finkeel sloop with a skeghung rudder. Around 300 units of the Mull design were manufactured at the Costa Mesa, California facility before production concluded in 1975, when it was succeeded by the Ranger 28.