[1][5][6] The Rob Roy 23 is a small recreational centerboard sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim.

It is a fractional Gunter rigged yawl and has an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and an L-shaped centerboard keel.

[2][4] In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "there's nothing like a yawl rig to give character to a small sailboat.

Add a canoe stern, comfortable accommodations for two (or three if you opt for a single berth forward squeezed in next to the head), reasonably good construction and finishing, and you have the makings of a classic small yacht.

Worst features: She is not very fast or weatherly versus her comp[etitor]s, partly a result of her divided rig and oddly shaped centerboard, though she does fine on a reach.