[1][2][3] The design was initially built by the Sailstar Boat Company in the United States and sold as the Caravel 22.
[1][3] The boat is normally fitted with a small, well-mounted 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
[3] In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "the boat could be purchased either with a standard layout with settee berths port and starboard, or with the dinette arrangement ... which supposedly will sleep five (though we wouldn't want to try sleeping in the "double" formed by the table lowered flush with the dinette seats, which is barely three feet wide).
Best features: The outboard well in the cockpit makes life easier for the helmsman when maneuvering in tight quarters.
Worst features: A peculiarity of the centerboarder is her shallow rudder, necessary to keep it out of harm's way when negotiating shoal waters with board up.