The Sadler 290, despite it's name, is no relation to the older Sadlers designed by David and Martin Sadler. Instead she is a very modern design from Stephen Jones with the aim of producing a compact yet fast and seaworthy yacht with good accommodation. She is one of very few sub 30 ft yachts to achieve RCD Category 'A' Ocean status, even in bilge-keel form. The original design was for both fin and bilge keel options, but with Stephen Jones' well known racing design expertise the twin-keeled version turned out to be so fast that virtually no-one ordered a fin-keeler.
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