I bought this little Laguna Windrose 22 sailboat on Craigslist last year and it has been setting in my RV Storage building. Now that it is springtime and I have time because of the Coronavirus pandemic I will start the restoration.
She needs a new paint job, the swing keel repainted and remounted. The deck is dry rotted under the step plate so it needs to be cut out, replaced and re-glassed.
Some brightwork is needed on the interior wood and the sliding kitchenette is missing altogether. Reconstruction of the sliding kitchenette will need to be done with a camping stove, cooler, and sink. I will also make a better folding table and give the V-birth a bulkhead divider for some privacy. She has all of her cushions and covers.
I have a depth finder that I am going to install along with a 7.5 HP Outboard motor for her but she needs a motor mount for the aft of the ship. The ship needs two winches as the sailboat did not have any when I bought her.
The trailer is in fairly good condition but I want to replace some wooden stanchions on it and give it a new paint job.
Other than that I think she is good. I will write more on her progress in the coming weeks.
Laguna Windrose 22 MK1 Sailboat Specifications
The little boat is a day sailor designed by Shad Turner for the Laguna Yachts company in Stanton, CA from 1977 to 1987.
Sailboat Specifications
- Hull Type: Swing Keel
- Rigging Type: Fractional Sloop
- LOA: 21.58 ft
- LWL: 19.00 ft
- Beam: 8.00 ft
- S.A.: 206.00 ft2
- Draft: 1.40 ft to 5.50 ft
- Displacement: 1,980 lb
- Ballast: 600 lb
- Construction: Fiberglass
Rig and Sail Specifications
- I: 24.00 ft
- J: 8.75 ft
- P: 23.00 ft
- E: 8.75 ft
- S.A. Fore: 105.00 ft2
- S.A. Main: 100.63 ft2
- S.A. Total: 205.63 ft2
- S.A./Disp.: 20.91
- Est. Forestay Len.: 25.55 ft