It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed wing keel.

[1][2] The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 18 hp (13 kW) Universal Atomic 4.

[2][4] Marine surveyor David Pascoe wrote a scathing review of the design in 1998, criticizing the aft cabin, the head design, dinette, the reverse transom and swim platform, rigging dimensions, deck hatch, cockpit dimensions with regard to the wheel size and placement, winch mounting, lack of cockpit back support, the keel design, fiberglass quality and the engine mounts.

What you don't pay for up front will surely be heavily loaded on the back end.

If you wonder why people are leaving sailing like the plague just arrived, possibly this boat offers some reasons.