{{Short description|Sailboat class}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox sailboat specifications |name = Paceship 23 |insignia = |insignia size = |insignia alt = |insignia caption = |line drawing = |line size = |line alt = |line caption = |image boat = File:Paceship_23_sailboat_Brin_de_Folie_1359.jpg |image size = |image alt = |image caption = |designer = Cuthbertson & Cassian |location = Canada |year = 1969 |no built = |design = |class = |brand = |builder = Paceship Yachts |role = |boats = |crew = |trapeze = |draft = |air draft = |displacement = {{convert|2300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} |hulls = |hull type = Monohull |construction = Fiberglass |loa = {{convert|23.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |loh = |lwl = {{convert|19.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |beam = {{convert|8.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |hull draft = {{convert|3.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} |hull weight = |engine = Outboard motor |appendages = |keel type = fin keel |ballast = {{convert|900|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} |rudder type = transom-mounted rudder |rigs = Masthead sloop |rig type = |I = {{convert|27.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |J = {{convert|9.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |P = {{convert|23.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |E = {{convert|9.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |mast length = |rig other = |sails = |sailplan = |sailarea main = {{convert|103.50|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} |sailarea headsail = {{convert|121.50|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} |lp = |sailarea spin = |sailarea gen = |sails other = |sailarea upwind = |sailarea downwind = |sailarea total = {{convert|225.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} |rating = |d-pn = |rya-pn = |phrf = |status = |previous = |successor = }}

The '''Paceship 23''' is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Cuthbertson & Cassian and first built in 1969.<ref name="Data">{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/paceship-23-cc|title = Paceship 23 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 30 September 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220318201004/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/paceship-23-cc|archive-date= 18 March 2022|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/cc-design|title= C&C Design|access-date = 18 March 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210301170340/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/cc-design|archive-date= 1 March 2021|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Guide">{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/paceship/23-cc|title= Paceship 23 (C&C)|access-date= 18 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220318201613/https://sailboat.guide/paceship/23-cc|archive-date= 18 March 2022|url-status= live}}</ref>

==Production== The boat was built by Paceship Yachts in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada between 1969 and 1978, but it is now out of production. A total of 240 examples were constructed during its nine-year production run.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/><ref>{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/paceship-yachts-ltd|title = Paceship Yachts Ltd. 1962-1981|accessdate = 30 September 2017|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210211162126/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/paceship-yachts-ltd|archive-date= 11 February 2021|url-status= live}}</ref>

==Design== thumb|left|A Paceship 23 on its cradle, showing the keel configuration. The Paceship 23 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim, including a full length wooden rub rail. It has a masthead sloop rig, a transom-hung rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|2300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|900|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>

The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel fitted.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>

The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>

==Operational history== The boat was at one time supported by an active class club, ''The Paceship'', but the club is currently inactive.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/paceshipamf-yachts-website|title= Paceship/AMF Yachts Website|access-date = 1 October 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211001230320/https://sailboatdata.com/association/paceshipamf-yachts-website|archive-date= 1 October 2021|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.paceship.org/|title= Pacehip.ORG|access-date= 25 February 2023|last= Vanis|first= Andy|work= www.paceship.org|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221112163748/http://www.paceship.org/|archive-date= 12 November 2022|url-status= live|quote=We’re working on reactivating the webpages of Paceship.ORG and the related domains. The creator, Jay Moran, passed and through the kindness of his daughter, the site has been saved.}}</ref>

==See also== *List of sailing boat types

==References== {{Reflist}}

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