1957 Celebrity
Make: Celebrity
Model:
Type: Day Sailer
Length (feet): 20
Beam (feet):
Hull Material: Wood
Rigging:
Keel:
Use: Fresh Water
Engine Type: Single Outboard
Engine Make: British Seagull
Primary Fuel Type: Gas
Fuel Capacity:
For Sale By: Private Seller
Hull ID Number: C270
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Our vintage Celebrity Sailboat for sale is hull number C270 and has been fully restored and is ready for sailing. It’s 20 feet long with an aluminum removable/tilting mast and swing keel. All the brightwork has been re-chromed and the swing keel was powder coated white. Comes with a trailer and a vintage British Seagull outboard. The boat has been stored indoors and never stayed in the water overnight. Comes with sails and everything you need to get on the water. Feel free to request photos of the restoration or anything you have questions about. The boat is indoor stored in Longmont Colorado and is able to be shown prior to bidding.For those that don’t know, here is brief history on the one design sloop:The Celebrity is based upon a design indigenous to the Friesland area of Northern Holland which dates back to the 1920s. The original boats (Called Dutch G and Berggneer) were gaff-rigged Catboats. They were subsequently changed to gaff sloops, with the mast stepped in a tabernacle to permit easy lowering to pass through the many canal bridges in Holland. To this day, the largest indigenous one-design fleet in Holland is the 16m2 fleet a gaff-rigged sloop with a hull very similar to the Celebrity. In 1951, while traveling to Holland, Stan Evanson was impressed by the sleek hull design of these Dutch boats and decided to incorporate the hull lines inthe design of a new sloop-rigged boat for the U.S. Evanson, in cooperation with Johann Wester, designed a similar boat, naming it the Celebrity.The first hulls were constructed in Holland and imported to the states by the P. Evanson Boat Company of Riverside, New Jersey. Construction was strip-planked mahogany with sitka spruce spars. Both centerboard and keel models were offered, utilizing outboard rudders with the tiller in the same position as todays design.