It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel.
The galley is located on the port side just aft of the bow cabin and is equipped with a two-burner stove.
[6] In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "this boat was designed and built in Santa Cruz, CA, a hotbed of sailboat innovation tucked along the shore of Monterey Bay on the Pacific Ocean.
She was popular as a PHRF and one-design racer, especially in the Monterey Bay area, but in the downward economy, which came shortly after her introduction, business suffered, and eventually Ericson began building her until that firm too went by the wayside.
"[3] A 2010 Sail Magazine review described the boat as, "a sporty classic [that] offers the opportunity to go back to the basics on the race course".