From Nautipedia.it:
“There seemed to be a definite void in the boating industry for a livable trawler that would be fuel miserly, be a safe vehicle for extended cruising and yet be under 30 feet. In 1977 Prairie commissioned J. B. Hargrave, N.A., to design a semi-displacement hull to fit these needs. The finished product was the Prairie 29 Coastal Cruiser. Boating magazine did a major feature on it and sales started to exceed production. Response was overwhelming and with increase in dissatisfaction of imported boats and uncertainties of foreign imports…Prairie changed locations to larger accommodations.”
Motorboating and Sailing magazine, Nov. 1978
The Prairie 29 had an overall length (including pulpit and swim platform) of 34 feet and a beam of 12 feet. Standard propulsion was a single Perkins 4-cylinder inboard diesel engine. Fuel Capacity was between 100 and 150 gallons.
