Staysail Ketch · Long Keel · 1973–1982
A classic John G. Alden design featuring a long keel and staysail ketch rig built for comfortable, steady cruising
Designed by John G. Alden Inc.
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The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from keeldragger
Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 41 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.
At 1.58 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
414 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.
13.4 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.
37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
What the fleet has seen
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Fuji 35 is a 10.5-meter (35-foot) long-keel sailboat designed by John G. Alden and built by Fuji Yacht Builders from 1973 to 1982. It was offered with either a staysail ketch or cutter rig. The design, Alden #1029, features a 3.0-meter beam, a 1.5-meter draft, and displaces 7394 kg.
The living fleet
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
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