LOA: 23.4 m (77.0')
Beam: 5.5 m (18.1’)
Draft: 3.7 m (12.3’) / 2.1 m (6.8’)
Sail Area: 360 m2 (3,875 f2)
Concept: Tripp Design
Interior: Tripp Design
Builder: Marten Marine
Hull: Carbon
Launch: 2003


Lady K’s owner was very interested in the variety of sail configurations and redundancy provided with the ketch rig. To completely decouple the carbon rigs and allow very large roaches, neither triatic nor backstays are used. Instead highly swept spreaders provide all the support for the rigs. A lifting steel fin with lead ballast package keeps wetted surface and mooring draft low, but stability high.

The deck layout is designed for ease of sail furling and reefing, which led to the inclusion of the leisure furl booms by Marten Spars and roller furling upwind sails on both rigs. Once sails are set, all sailing functions are controlled from the cockpit, with powered self- tailing winches. In light conditions, the Code 0 can be set inside the headstay. For beam to broad reaching, an asymmetric spinnaker can be set from each masthead. With more breeze the 105% jib may be poled out with a telescoping whisker pole.

Below deck, the ample owner's stateroom, a laundry space and two guest cabins are arranged aft of the engine space. Forward, a spacious galley and lower salon provides a great space to spend time together. Forward there is an office desk, an additional guest cabin and the crew's quarters. The centerpiece of the design is the upper salon and helm station raised above the engine space. This space includes the panoramic curved pilothouse windows. Throughout Lady K maple veneers, solids, and off-white paint above Sapelle/maple sole panels make up the palette.