BoatsCornish Yawl

Cornish Yawl

Masthead Yawl · Keel/centreboard · First built 1988

A masthead yawl with a keel-centerboard configuration, designed for stable and comfortable cruising in shoal waters

Designed by Roger Dongray.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 0.91 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

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

Displacement / length 392
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.4

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

  • Heavier than ~97% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~79% of boats her size on file

Compared with 606 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Yawl
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.4
Displacement / length
392.2
Comfort ratio
32.0
Capsize screening
1.72
Hull speed
6.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
630
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1988
Designer
Roger Dongray
Builder
Cornish Crabbers Ltd

Boats like this, on the water

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Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.

Paceship Yachts Westwind 247.29 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA Ted Hood-designed masthead sloop with a keel-centerboard configuration, built for versatility in shoal waters
Herreshoff 157.47 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA classic gaff-rigged keel-centerboarder from 1902, later updated with a modernized rig by Sidney Herreshoff
Phobos 196.30 mSame hull family1.2 m shorterA lightweight, high-performance fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited daysailing
Maxus 26 (CB)8.40 mSame hull family0.9 m longerA 2015-launched fractional sloop with a 1.43-metre centerboard draft and a 19.61 sail-area-to-displacement ratio

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