Falmouth Cutter 22

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The Falmouth Cutter 22, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 1.07 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 narrow beam gives 30 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 30

CoastalBluewater

At 1.64 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.64

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 366

EasygoingPowered-up

14.0 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 14.0

TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

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

Draws less than ~90% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~85% of boats her size on file

Compared with 413 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Falmouth Cutter 22, as the fleet has seen it

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The Falmouth CUTTER 22 is a Lyle C. Hess-designed sailboat model, built from 1980 to the present by Sam L. Morse Co. and Cape George Marine Works. This cutter-rigged vessel measures 9.3 meters LOA, with a 2.4-meter beam, 1.1-meter draft, and 3356 kg displacement, featuring a long keel and transom-hung rudder. It offers 5 feet 11 inches of headroom and a 7,400-pound displacement, with a capsize screening ratio of 1.64 indicating high stability.4:19 Lady K Sailing considers the Falmouth CUTTER 22, alongside the Pacific Seacraft Dana 24 and Flicka 20, to be a capable, ocean-worthy sailboat suitable for long-term liveaboard use despite its small size.4:00 Be The Captain names the Falmouth CUTTER 22 as one of the smallest boats he would trust for a Pacific Ocean crossing.2:20

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model for sale, and the asking prices that came with it.

1seen for sale

$29,000Median asking

An example found for sale in California for $29,000
from Lady K Sailingseen September 20254:34

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

33.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

14.0

Displacement / length

365.5

Comfort ratio

30.2

Capsize screening

1.64

Hull speed

6.1 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

595

Hull

Hull type

Long keel w/trans. hung rudder

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 1980

Units built

40

Designer

Lyle C. Hess

Builder

Sam L. Morse Co, Cape George Marine Works

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The family

Related models

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

Bristol Channel CutterA Lyle Hess-designed cutter with a long keel and transom-hung rudder, built for offshore work since 1976 Cape Cutter 19A Dudley Dix-designed gaff cutter featuring a centerboard and a 35% ballast ratio for stable, shoal-water cruising Gale Force Pilot CutterA heavy-displacement 12-metre cutter with a 40% ballast ratio designed for steady, predictable passage making C&C Yachts Landfall 42A cutter-rigged cruiser from 1976 featuring a skeg-mounted rudder and a balanced hull designed for offshore stability Morris Yachts 40A cutter-rigged cruiser featuring a fin keel and skeg-mounted rudder for a balanced, offshore-capable motion

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