The Balboa 24 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner and William Downing as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1981.
[1][3][5][6] The Balboa 24 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.
The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin shoal draft keel.
The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner, alcohol-fired stove, an ice box and a sink.
"[3] In a 2010 review Steve Henkel noted that the boat has only 47 in (119 cm) of cabin headroom and a short keel that may reduce upwind performance.