SJ23 Tech Tip H01, (Updated 2010-02-09) Bob Schimmel

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1983 Option Brochures - For SJ Models; 21, 23, 24, 7.7M, 28, 33S & 34.
The following brochures are very useful when contemplating a design change or to understand the original configuration of a San Juan sailboat.  It's also interesting to compare the various models and to gain some insight to the designer's thinking.
 

1978 Brochure

(for Clark San Juan 21, 23, 24, 7.7M, 28 & 30)

  • Options - Colour & Equipment.
  • Standard Equipment.
  • Stripes and Colours - Cove stripes. 
  • Sails - Racing packages, main, small jib, blade (primary jib), genoa, tri-radial & radial head spinnakers, telltale windows & reefs. 
  • This brochure donated by Craig.

 

March 1, 1983 Brochure

  • Page 1 - Outline Drawings of the Clark San Juan 21, 23, 28 & 7.7M designs.
    - NOTE: The SJ24 & 30 are not included because Bruce Kirby, being the designer, has the rights     to these hulls.
  • Page 2 - Suggested Retail Prices of colour options, equipment options, trailers and sails for most models.
  • Page 3 - Winch Use, Racing Packages, Deluxe Interior Packages & Color Pak.
    - NOTE: the hull and keel profiles shown on this page is from a SJ7.7M. This is the same keel as used on the SJ23 MK II, not the preliminary design as shown in Tech Tip H02).
  • Page 4 - Standard Equipment. for San Juan 21, 23, 24, 7.7, 28, 33S, & 34. 
  • Page 5 - Spinnaker Panel Guide for San Juan 21, 23/24/7.7, 28, 34, both tri-radial and cruiser style. 
    - Note the various boat models that can use the same sails. 
  • Not sure who donated this brochure in 2000.

 

How much did a 1982 SJ23 cost?  (Gleaned from an early email correspondence. )

"I own a 1983 SJ23.  While dealer mark-ups varied slightly depending on seasonal incentives, the boats retailed at $12,795 FOB plus $3,964.22 freight from Auburn, WA to the Buffalo, NY.  The sail inventory was not included, which was another: $425 for racing main ($390 for a cruising main), $280 to $258 for the jib, $360 for the 153% genoa and $460 for the spinnaker.  Items like VHF, instrumentation, compass, outboard with engine mount, boarding ladder and safety equipment were extra as well.  It would easily have cost $20,000 to $21,000 when it was floated, with another $1,200 to $1,500 if you also added a new trailer to the deal."  (Prices taken from Clark Sales prices sheet, April 15, 1982).  Author unknown.
 

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