Pacific Dolphin 24 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull type

Monohull · centerboard

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

24.17' · 7.37 m

Displ.

4,250 lbs · 1,928 kg

First year

1974

The Pacific Dolphin 24 represents a significant chapter in the history of pocket cruisers, standing as a West Coast iteration of the legendary Sparkman & Stephens Design 1497. While the Dolphin 24 lineage began on the East Coast with O'Day and Marscot Plastics, Pacific Dolphin Inc. of Oceanside, California, produced these vessels to serve a growing market of sailors who demanded offshorecapable engineering in a trailerable package. Heavily inspired by the oceanracing success of the yawl Finisterre, the Pacific Dolphin 24 is characterized by its generous beam, heavy displacement, and a versatile centerboard configuration. It is a boat that feels significantly larger than its 24foot length suggests, offering a level of seakindliness rarely found in modern lightdisplacement production boats of the same era.