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Bluewater 476

Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1990

A heavy-displacement cutter with a 39.79 comfort ratio, built from the original Nicholson 476 molds for offshore cruising

Designed by Camper, Nicholson & David Pedrick, built by Sherlock Marine Ltd.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

Is it for you?

Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 40 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 40
CoastalBluewater

1.71 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.71
LightHeavy

309 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 309
EasygoingPowered-up

15.5 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.5
TenderStiff

39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 39%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~87% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~78% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2148 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
39.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.5
Displacement / length
309.3
Comfort ratio
39.8
Capsize screening
1.71
Hull speed
8.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1771
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1990
Designer
Camper, Nicholson, David Pedrick
Builder
Sherlock Marine Ltd, Colvic Craft, Camper, Nicholsons

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Malo Yachts 45/4614.20 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 14-metre blue-water cruiser that evolved from the M45 to the M46, featuring a 39% ballast ratio for offshore stability
Moody 4614.06 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA Bill Dixon-designed cutter with a fin keel and spade rudder, built for comfortable, stable blue-water cruising
Tayana 47 CC14.33 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Robert Perry-designed center cockpit cutter built for offshore comfort with a high sail area to displacement ratio
Kelly-Peterson 4614.10 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Doug Peterson-designed cutter built for long-range comfort with a skeg-mounted rudder and a high displacement-to-length ratio
Amel Santorin 4614.00 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA 14-metre blue-water cruiser built from 1989 to 1997 as the successor to the Maramu 46
Hylas Yachts 4614.10 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA German Frers-designed masthead sloop built for offshore performance with a high sail area to displacement ratio

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