The Sovereign 20 is an American trailerable

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that was designed by the

Sovereign Design Group Sovereign Yachts was an American boat builder based in Port Richey, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by Doug Steeg in 1978 and closed in 1998. History Steeg starte ...

as an

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and cruiser and first built in 1982.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 141.

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, 2010. The Sovereign 20 is a development of the

Montego 20 The Montego 20 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by Johannes "Jopie" Helsen as a pocket cruiser and first built in 1976.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', page 110. International Marine/McGraw ...

, designed by

Johannes "Jopie" Helsen Universal Marine was an American boat builder based in Saint Petersburg, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats.Henkel, Steve: ''The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats'', pages 45, 110 and ...

Production

The design was built by

Sovereign Yachts Sovereign Yachts was an American boat builder based in Port Richey, Florida. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fibergl