A Bill Luders-designed masthead sloop with a long keel, built for steady, comfortable cruising since 1969
Designed by Bill Luders & Alfred E. Luders, built by Cheoy Lee Shipyard.
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
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.
LivelyComfort 40Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.64Bluewater
LightD/L 395Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 12.8Powered-up
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
Draws less than ~88% of boats her size on file
Compared with 429 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 Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
12.8
Displacement / length
394.5
Comfort ratio
40.1
Capsize screening
1.64
Hull speed
7.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1101
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1969
Designer
Bill Luders, Alfred E. Luders
Builder
Cheoy Lee Shipyard
Boats like this, on the water
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Westsail 329.75 mSame hull family1.5 m shorterA fiberglass adaptation of William Atkin's Thistle design, this heavy-displacement cutter saw 834 hulls built.
Downeaster 3811.58 mSame hull family0.4 m longerA 1974-era cutter with a 35.4 comfort ratio, built for stable, long-distance voyaging on a heavy-displacement hull
Cabo Rico 3811.58 mSame hull family0.4 m longerAn aft-cockpit evolution of the Tiburon 36, offering a heavy-displacement cutter platform for stable blue-water sailing
Bristol Yachts 4012.24 mSame hull family1.0 m longerA versatile masthead sloop available as a cutter or yawl, produced over sixteen years for steady, comfortable cruising
Alberg 3711.33 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA long-keeled masthead sloop produced for two decades with a transition from wood-heavy interiors to molded fiberglass
Rustler Yachts 3610.77 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA Holman and Pye designed masthead sloop featuring a heavy-displacement long keel hull built for offshore stability