The Montgomery 23 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Lyle Hess as a cruiser and first built in 1979.
[1][3][4] The Montgomery 23 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.
[1][3] The boat is normally fitted with a small 3 to 6 hp (2 to 4 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
[3] In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "This is an unusual fiberglass boat, partly because her hull is lapstraked (that is, simulated overlapping planks are molded right into the hull), and partly because she has one of the tallest rigs (33' 6" bridge clearance) of all the 23-footers ...
Worst features: Her trailering weight of 5,400 pounds means a hefty truck is needed to tow her.