Com-Pac Yachts 35

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The Com-Pac Yachts 35, on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 23

CoastalBluewater

2.04 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.04

LightHeavy

229 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 229

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 17.0

TenderStiff

46% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 46%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

Draws less than ~98% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2954 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Com-Pac Yachts 35, as the fleet has seen it

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The Com-Pac Yachts 35 is a masthead sloop designed by Charles Morgan Jr. and built by Com-Pac Yachts, Hutchins Co., from 1990 to the present.4:45 It has a Sheel Keel hull, measures 11.2 meters LOA with a 3.6-meter beam, and draws 1.2 meters with a displacement of 5669 kg. The Hutchins Company, which manufactures Com-Pac sailboats, has been in operation for over 50 years, focusing on shoal-draft designs.1:35 While earlier Com-Pac models featured fixed, high-lift shoal keels, newer designs like the Picnic Cat and Sun Cat incorporate stainless steel centerboards for improved upwind performance.7:48 The company uses hand-laid fiberglass construction and maintains in-house metal and wood shops for assembly.5:44

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

45.6%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

17.0

Displacement / length

228.8

Comfort ratio

23.0

Capsize screening

2.04

Hull speed

7.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1226

Hull

Hull type

Sheel Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1990

Designer

Charles Morgan Jr

Builder

Com-Pac Yachts, Hutchins Co

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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.

Com-Pac Yachts 33A shoal-draft masthead sloop designed by Charles Morgan Jr., featuring a stiff hull and a high ballast ratio for stable cruising Com-Pac Yachts 23A shoal-draft masthead sloop by Clark Mills, featuring a 46% ballast ratio for stability in a compact 23-foot hull Com-Pac Yachts 23 PilothouseA shallow-draft masthead sloop featuring a protected pilothouse designed for extended cruising in shoal waters

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