Maple Leaf 54

Short description: Sailboat class

Maple Leaf 54Development

Designer| Stan Huntingford
Location| Canada
Year| 1978
Builder(s)| Cooper Enterprises
Role| Motorsailer
Boat
Boat weight| 42,000 lb (19,051 kg)
Draft| 7.00 ft (2.13 m)
Hull
Type| monohull
Construction| fibreglass
LOA| 54.25 ft (16.54 m)
LWL| 45.25 ft (13.79 m)
Beam| 14.92 ft (4.55 m)
Engine type| Ford Lehman 120 hp (89 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type| fin keel
Ballast| 12,000 lb (5,443 kg)
Rudder(s)| skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type| Bermuda rig
I (foretriangle height)| 58.00 ft (17.68 m)
J (foretriangle base)| 23.00 ft (7.01 m)
P (mainsail luff)| 50.33 ft (15.34 m)
E (mainsail foot)| 18.00 ft (5.49 m)
Sails
Sailplan| cutter rigged sloop
Mainsail area| 452.97 sq ft (42.082 m2)
Jib/genoa area| 667.00 sq ft (61.966 m2)
Total sail area| 1,119.97 sq ft (104.049 m2)

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The Maple Leaf 54 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Stan Huntingford as a motorsailer and first built in 1978.[1][2][3][4]

## Contents

* 1 Production
* 2 Design
* 3 Operational history
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Production

The design was built by Cooper Enterprises in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, starting in 1978, but the company went out of business in 1990 and it is now out of production.[1][2][5][6]

## Design

The Maple Leaf 54 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass, with wood trim. It has a cutter rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 42,000 lb (19,051 kg) and carries 12,000 lb (5,443 kg) of lead ballast.[1][2]

The boat has a draft of 7.00 ft (2.13 m) with the standard keel.[1][2]

The boat is fitted with a Ford Lehman diesel engine of 120 hp (89 kW) for docking and manoeuvring.[1][2]

The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with two berths in the bow cabin, two more just aft of the bow cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a three-burner stove and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. There are two heads, one just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side and one on the starboard side in the aft cabin.[1][2]

The design has a hull speed of 9.01 kn (16.69 km/h).[2]

## Operational history

In 1984 review in Yachting magazine, Chris Caswell wrote, "the Maple Leaf series (48, 50, 54, 56 and 68) is distinctive for powerful hulls, graceful deckhouses, and center cockpits.[7]

## See also

* List of sailing boat types

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Maple Leaf 54 sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/maple-leaf-54.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Maple Leaf 54". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/cooper/maple-leaf-54.
3. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Stan Huntingford". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/huntingford-stan.
4. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Stan Huntingford". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/stan-huntingford.
5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2022). "Cooper Enterprises Inc. (CAN) 1970 - 1990". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/cooper-enterprises-inc-can.
6. ↑ Sea Time Tech, LLC (2022). "Cooper Enterprises Inc.". sailboat.guide. https://sailboat.guide/cooper.
7. ↑ Caswell, Chris (June 1984). "Return of the Motorsailer". Yachting. https://books.google.com/books?id=5eirAWyFIr8C&pg=PA116.

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