Downeaster 45
Staysail Ketch · Long Keel · 1976–1981
A 13.7-metre staysail ketch with a long keel and high comfort ratio, built for stable, heavy-displacement voyaging
Designed by Bob Poole, built by Down East Yachts.
- 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.
Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 47 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.
At 1.65 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
381 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.
13.5 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.
31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Heavier than ~93% of boats her size on file
- Draws more than ~77% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~92% of boats her size on file
Compared with 289 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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