McGinnis 24
Description
The McGinnis 24 is a lightweight 24‑foot plywood/epoxy performance sailboat designed by Paul McGinnis, an American designer known for fast, easily‑built wooden racing craft. Produced in small batches during the late 1970s and early 1980s, and also available as plans for home builders, the McGinnis 24 saw fewer than a few dozen professionally produced hulls, with additional amateur builds. The design emphasizes speed, simplicity, and light displacement, using a narrow hull, fin keel, transom‑hung rudder, and a powerful masthead sloop rig. Construction featured plywood panels over stringers with fiberglass reinforcement, giving excellent stiffness for weight. The boat’s defining features include lively performance, minimal cruising accommodations, and a race‑oriented deck layout suited for club and coastal competition.
Construction Details
| Designer | Paul McGinnis |
|---|---|
| Builder | Home Built |
| Length | 24.000 ft |
| LOA | 24.000 ft |
| LWL | 20.000 ft |
| Beam | 7.500 ft |
| Displacement | 2600 lb |
| Max Draft | 4.000 ft |
| Year Built | 1979 |
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 24.75 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 7.83 ft |
| p | 24.75 ft |
| e | 13.75 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24.75 ft | 7.83 ft | 24.75 ft | 13.75 ft | - | - | - | - |
Sails
McGinnis 24 - MAINSAIL
| Luff | * 24.75 ft - (7544 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 13.75 ft - (4191 mm) |
| Leech | * 27.59 ft - (8409 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88 ° |
| Diagonal | * 27.89 ft - (8501 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 6 in - (152 mm) |
| Area | * 175.6 ft² |
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McGinnis 24 - JIBSAIL
| Luff | * 20.77 ft - (6331 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 10.35 ft - (3155 mm) |
| Leech | * 18.06 ft - (5505 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 114.94 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 9 ft - (2743 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 12.04 ° |
| Area | * 93.46 ft² |
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McGinnis 24 - GENOA
| Luff | * 24.66 ft - (7516 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 12.63 ft - (3850 mm) |
| Leech | * 23.22 ft - (7077 mm) |
| Percentage LP | * 150.06 % |
| Length Perpendicular | * 11.75 ft - (3581 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 3.96 ° |
| Area | * 144.88 ft² |
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McGinnis 24 - ASYMMETRICAL
| Luff | * 24.66 ft - (7516 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | * 12.92 ft - (3938 mm) |
| Leech | * 22.69 ft - (6916 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 165 % |
| Area | * 239 ft² |
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McGinnis 24 - SPINNAKER
| Stays | * 24.66 ft - (7516 mm) |
|---|---|
| MidGirth | * 14.09 ft - (4295 mm) |
| Foot | * 14.09 ft - (4295 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 180 % |
| Area | * 295 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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