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{{Infobox sailboat specifications 
|name              = Bridges Point 24
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|designer          = Joel White
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|location          = {{wipe|United States}}
|year              = 1985
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|builder           = Bridges Point Boatyard<br>Bridges Point Boat Company
|role              = [[Engineering:Day sailer|Day sailer]]-Cruiser

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The '''Bridges Point 24''' is an American [[Engineering:Trailer sailer|trailerable]] [[Engineering:Sailboat|sailboat]] that was designed by Joel White as a daysailer and cruiser and first built in 1985.<ref name="Data">{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/bridges-point-24|title= Bridges Point 24 sailboat |access-date= 18 January 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/jPiLz|archive-date= 18 January 2021|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/white-joel|title= Joel White 1930 - 1997 |access-date = 18 January 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/i3ckD|archive-date= 18 January 2021|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Henkel">Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 275. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}</ref><ref name="OldOfficial">{{cite web|url= http://www.bridgespoint.com/specs.html|title= Specs|access-date= 15 January 2021|author= Bridges Point Boatyard|work= bridgespoint.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20051215060144/http://www.bridgespoint.com/specs.html|archive-date= 15 December 2005|url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="Official">{{cite web|url= https://www.bridgespointboatcompany.com/specs.html|title= Bridges Point 24|access-date= 18 January 2021|author= Bridges Point Boat Company|work= bridgespointboatcompany.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170101221558/https://www.bridgespointboatcompany.com/specs.html|archive-date= 1 January 2017|url-status= live}}</ref>

==Production==
The design was built by Bridges Point Boatyard, starting in 1985 and later by the Bridges Point Boat Company in Bar Harbor, Maine, {{wipe|United States}} and remains in production.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Henkel"/><ref>{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/bridges-point-boatyard|title = Bridges Point Boatyard|access-date = 18 January 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/nouFD|archive-date= 18 January 2021|url-status= live}}</ref>

The boat was originally a 1984 design commission by Wade Dow, a local [[Biology:Lobster|lobster]] fisherman, who wanted a boat to sail in the off-season, with an emphasis on traditional aesthetics. Dow put the boat into production and produced 80 examples over 25 years. In 2008, with waning demand, the molds were put into storage.<ref name="Hist">{{cite web|url= https://www.bridgespointboatcompany.com/history.html|title= History|access-date= 18 January 2021|author= Bridges Point Boat Company|work= bridgespointboatcompany.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190307025423/https://www.bridgespointboatcompany.com/history.html|archive-date= 7 March 2019|url-status= live}}</ref>

In 2012 Dow offered the molds to  Jock Williams of the John Williams Boat Company to restart production, but Williams declined. The molds were instead purchased by an employee of his, Bill Wright, the production department manager, who formed the Bridges Point Boat Company to produce the design.<ref name="Hist"/>

==Design==
The Bridges Point 24 is a recreational [[Engineering:Keelboat|keelboat]], built predominantly of seven-layer, hand laid [[Chemistry:Fiberglass|fiberglass]], with extensive wood trim. It has a [[Engineering:Fractional rig|fractional]] [[Engineering:Sloop|sloop]] rig; a spooned, raked stem; a raised counter, angled [[Engineering:Transom (nautical)|transom]]; a lazarette; a [[Engineering:Keel|keel]]-mounted [[Engineering:Rudder|rudder]] controlled by a [[Engineering:Tiller|tiller]] and a fixed long [[Engineering:Keel|keel]]. It displaces {{convert|3944|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|2100|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Henkel"/><ref name="Official"/>

The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.42|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Henkel"/>

The boat has a choice of [[Engineering:Marine propulsion|inboard]] [[Company:Yanmar|Yanmar]] diesel engines or gasoline engines, or {{convert|4|to|10|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} [[Engineering:Outboard motor|outboard motor]]s for docking and maneuvering. If an outboard motor is fitted it is mounted in a stern well.<ref name="Henkel"/><ref name="OldOfficial"/><ref name="Official"/>

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two quarter berths aft, under the cockpit. The [[Engineering:Galley (kitchen)|galley]] is located on the port side just forward of the [[Engineering:Companionway|companionway]] ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink, with an [[Physics:Icebox|icebox]] optional. The [[Engineering:Head (watercraft)|head]] is portable type. Cabin headroom is {{convert|53|in|cm|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Henkel"/><ref name="Official"/>

During early production a daysailer or cruiser option was offered. The former has a longer cockpit and smaller cabin. Kits for amateur completion were also offered.<ref name="Henkel"/>

The design has a PHRF racing average handicap of 246 and a [[Physics:Hull speed|hull speed]] of {{convert|5.8|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Henkel"/>

==Operational history==
The boat is supported by an active class club that organizes racing events, the ''Bridges Point Sailing Club''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/bridges-point-sailing-club|title= Bridges Point Sailing Club|access-date = 19 January 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/hJYKb|archive-date= 19 January 2021|url-status= live}}</ref>

In a 2010 review of the Bridges Point Boatyard model, Steve Henkel wrote, "Best features: This boat features very high quality construction in the Maine boatyard tradition. If you buy new, you can have pretty much whatever kind of boat you want. Worst feature: New or used, you'd better bring your checkbook with
you—the one for the account with lots of disposable cash."<ref name="Henkel"/>

==See also==
*[[Engineering:List of sailing boat types|List of sailing boat types]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051124225445/http://www.bridgespoint.com/ Old official Bridges Point Boatyard website archives] on Archive.org

[[Category:Keelboats]]
[[Category:Sailing yachts]]
[[Category:Trailer sailers]]

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