BoatsElizabethan 33

Elizabethan 33

Masthead Sloop · Long Keel · First built 1973

A David Thomas-designed masthead sloop with a long keel, built for stability and comfortable cruising since 1973

Designed by David Thomas, built by Peter Webster Ltd.

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.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35
CoastalBluewater

At 1.62 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.62
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 352
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
42.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
Displacement / length
352.0
Comfort ratio
35.5
Capsize screening
1.62
Hull speed
6.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
833
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1973
Designer
David Thomas
Builder
Peter Webster Ltd

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Mariner 329.70 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA long-keeled masthead ketch by Clair Oberly, featuring a distinctive Clipper bow and an open, taffrail-surrounded cockpit
Nicholson 329.75 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA long-running production classic with a 55% ballast ratio, built over two decades for steady offshore passage making
Beneteau Evasion 329.70 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA long-keeled masthead ketch that launched the Evasion line and marked a new era for Beneteau
Rustler 319.58 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA heavy-displacement masthead sloop with a long keel, evolved from the North Sea 24 and sharing lineage with the Twister 31
Allied Yachts Luders 3310.06 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Bill Luders-designed masthead sloop featuring a long keel and heavy displacement for stable, classic offshore cruising
Cape Dory 319.55 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA Carl Alberg-designed cutter with a long keel, built between 1983 and 1985 for traditional, steady offshore cruising

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