Hartley TS-21
Description
The Hartley TS-21, designed in 1969 by Richard Hartley as the flagship of his revolutionary trailer-sailer series, is a 21 ft plywood/epoxy swing-keel pocket cruiser that delivers blistering performance (SA/D 28–34, routinely planes at 14–16 knots) and genuine week-long family cruising comfort (5 ft 10 in headroom, four adult berths, enclosed head, full galley) in a package that still tows behind a family SUV and launches in 20 minutes. With only 300–500 ever built yet an obsessive following through the Hartley TS18/21 Yacht Club of Victoria, it remains Australia’s fastest, most versatile micro-cruiser—actively raced in one-design fleets, regularly crossing Bass Strait, and still rolling off CNC kits in 2025 for $6,800 AUD, making turn-key classics $9,000–$22,000 USD and new epoxy builds $28,000–$42,000 the smartest “go-fast, go-far, go-now” investment on the planet.
The standard boat dimensions
| i | 19.50 ft |
|---|---|
| j | 7 ft |
| p | 24.75 ft |
| e | 12 ft |
| p2 | - |
| e2 | - |
| i2 | - |
| j2 | - |
| I | J | P | E | P2 | E2 | I2 | J2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.50 ft | 7 ft | 24.75 ft | 12 ft | - | - | - | - |
Documents
Sails
Hartley TS-21 - MAINSAIL
| Luff | 24.75 ft - (7544 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 12 ft - (3658 mm) |
| Leech | * 26.94 ft - (8211 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 88.02 ° |
| Diagonal | * 27.13 ft - (8269 mm) |
| Head (inches) | * 5.25 in - (133 mm) |
| Area | 148.3 ft² |
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Hartley TS-21 - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 19.5 ft - (5944 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 8.5 ft - (2591 mm) |
| Leech | 17 ft - (5182 mm) |
| Length Perpendicular | 7.39 ft - (2252 mm) |
| Area | 72.09 ft² |
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Hartley TS-21 - GENOA
| Luff | 20.5 ft - (6248 mm) |
|---|---|
| Foot | 11.5 ft - (3505 mm) |
| Leech | 20.5 ft - (6248 mm) |
| Length Perpendicular | 11.04 ft - (3365 mm) |
| Area | 113.14 ft² |
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Hartley TS-21 - SPINNAKER
| Stays | * 19.68 ft - (5998 mm) |
|---|---|
| MidGirth | * 12.6 ft - (3840 mm) |
| Foot | * 12.6 ft - (3840 mm) |
| Perc LP | * 180 % |
| Area | 210.77 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.