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Cal Boats 2-46

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1971–1975

Featuring a midships engine room and expanded living quarters, this 46-foot cruiser prioritizes interior volume

Designed by C. William Lapworth, built by Jensen Marine.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The Cal Boats 2-46, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from GenXPats - The Sailing Advisor

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Character

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

LivelyComfort 40Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.61Bluewater
LightD/L 254Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 13.0Powered-up
TenderBallast 27%Stiff

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

  • Heavier than ~84% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~93% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2267 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

The channels sailing this model, and where they were last seen.

GenXPats - The Sailing AdvisorA financial professional and his crew document their experiences sailing, snorkeling, and navigating the shallow waters of Belize aboard their 46-foot sailboat.

Seen 4 times across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Cal Boats 2-46 on video

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
26.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.0
Displacement / length
254.0
Comfort ratio
40.2
Capsize screening
1.61
Hull speed
8.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1675
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1971–1975
Units built
129
Designer
C. William Lapworth
Builder
Jensen Marine, Cal Boats

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The Moody 46 CC Cruising Sailboat Review and Boat Tourfrom Practical Sailor
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Kelly-Peterson 4614.10 mSame hull family0.2 m longerA Doug Peterson-designed cutter built for long-range comfort with a skeg-mounted rudder and a high displacement-to-length ratio
We Took Her Out - And Got HUGE News | S.1 - Ep.710:18from Plan-Sea
Oceanic 46 (Brewer)13.94 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Ted Brewer-designed cutter with a skeg-hung rudder, built for blue-water stability and comfortable offshore passage-making
Still No Boat...But THIS Made Up for It | S.1 - Ep.81:50from Plan-Sea

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.

Cal Boats Cruising 46A 13.87-metre masthead sloop with a shallow 1.52-metre draft and a hull form favored by designer Bill LapworthCal Boats 46 III (1975)A masthead ketch variant of the Lapworth hull, configured with a shallow 1.52-metre draft for coastal cruisingCal Boats 48A 48-foot masthead sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built for offshore speed between 1966 and 1970Cal Boats 43A rare, short-lived production model from 1971 featuring a masthead rig and a performance-oriented fin keelCal Boats 40A legendary offshore racer with 160 built, featuring a light displacement and a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio

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