BoatsCornish Crabber 24 MK3

Cornish Crabber 24 MK3

Gaff Head Cutter · Long Keel · 1991–2014

A long-keeled gaff cutter designed by Roger Dongray as a stable, heavy-displacement successor to the Cornish Yawl

Designed by Roger Dongray.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 1.07 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 32 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 32
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.72
LightHeavy

391 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 391
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 16.2
TenderStiff

42% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 42%

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
42.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Gaff Head Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
16.2
Displacement / length
391.1
Comfort ratio
32.0
Capsize screening
1.72
Hull speed
6.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
630
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Steel
Production
Years built
1991–2014
Designer
Roger Dongray
Builder
Cornish Crabbers Ltd

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