Arcona 435 MKII
Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 2022
A 2022 evolution of the 435 platform, featuring increased beam and headroom for enhanced interior volume
Designed by Stefan Qviberg.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder
See her sail
The Arcona 435 MKII, on the water
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Hashtag Sal
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
1.96 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
138 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
22.8 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.
38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
- Draws more than ~84% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2180 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The living fleet
Sailed by the fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
What broke, what changed
Gear aboard, as the crews told it
Moments from individual boats of this model that the fleet has filmed — one crew, one piece of kit, one day on the water. Not a review of the class, and not a count of anything.
ComparedCoppercoatweighed against nanotechnology antifouling coatings
The speaker mentions Coppercoat as a current antifouling benchmark while discussing future nanotechnology coatings.
aboard Hashtag Salseen February 202613:14
WorkingPredictWind
PredictWind is cited as an existing app that already incorporates AI for weather routing.
aboard Hashtag Salseen February 202619:40
WorkingStarlink
Starlink is mentioned as a solution for satellite internet connectivity at sea.
aboard Hashtag Salseen February 202621:44
WorkingVictron
The speaker has a Cerbo GX from Victron Energy installed on his boat.
aboard Hashtag Salseen February 202621:14
WorkingVolvo
The speaker mentions having a Volvo engine on his boat and monitoring its health.
aboard Hashtag Salseen February 202614:31
Each line is one crew's account of their own boat. Another Arcona 435 MKII may be fitted out entirely differently.
The record
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Boats like this, on the water
More boats like her, on the water
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The family
Related models
The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.
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