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Endeavour 33

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · 1983–1986

A shoal-draft masthead sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, designed by Bruce Kelley for coastal cruising

Designed by Bruce Kelley.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

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The Endeavour 33, on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 23
CoastalBluewater

2.05 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.05
LightHeavy

244 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 244
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 17.1
TenderStiff

41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 41%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

  • Draws less than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2882 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Endeavour 33, as the fleet has seen it

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The Endeavour 33 is a masthead sloop designed by Bruce Kelley and built by Endeavour Yacht Corp. from 1983 to 1986. It measures 10.1 meters LOA, with a 3.5-meter beam and a 1.4-meter draft, displacing 5148 kg. Its hull features a fin keel with a spade rudder.4:59 Wicked Salty reviewed an Endeavour 33 as part of a search for a liveaboard sailboat, evaluating its interior layout, storage, and engine accessibility.2:06 The review considered the Endeavour 33 alongside other production boats, with the crew noting their evolving criteria for liveaboards to include more modern hull designs.16:59

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Sailed by the fleet

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Who's been looking

Market signal

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1channel looked into buying

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
40.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.1
Displacement / length
243.6
Comfort ratio
23.3
Capsize screening
2.05
Hull speed
7.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1130
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1983–1986
Designer
Bruce Kelley
Builder
Endeavour Yacht Corp

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Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

Endeavour 35A Bruce Kelley-designed masthead sloop with a skeg-mounted rudder, built for coastal cruising between 1983 and 1987Endeavour 40A Robert K. Johnson-designed masthead sloop built for offshore comfort with a stable, skeg-mounted rudder configurationEndeavour 42A Johan Valentijn-designed masthead sloop with a skeg-mounted rudder, built for stable, comfortable offshore cruisingEndeavour 37 (Sloop W/BOWSPRIT)A Dennis Robbins-designed masthead sloop with a bowsprit, featuring a shoal-draft fin keel and skeg-mounted rudderEndeavour 38 CCA center-cockpit cruiser featuring a fin keel and spade rudder, optimized for a 7.5-knot hull speedEndeavour 38A Johan Valentijn-designed masthead sloop available in both aft and center cockpit configurations for cruising comfort

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