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Island Packet 35

Cutter · Long Keel · 1988–1994

A 10.77-meter cutter featuring a 45% ballast ratio, engineered for heavy-weather stability and extended offshore range

Designed by Robert K. Johnson.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

See her sail

The Island Packet 35, on the water

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

Footage from Knot Your Average Boat

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 moderate beam gives 31 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 31
CoastalBluewater

1.85 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.85
LightHeavy

289 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 289
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 15.2
TenderStiff

46% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 46%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Beamier than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 430 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Island Packet 35, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Island PACKET 35 is a 10.8-meter cutter-rigged sailboat with a long keel, built by Island Packet Yachts from 1988 to 1994. Designed by Robert K. Johnson, it features a full foil keel and a skeg-protected rudder, designed to withstand groundings and collisions.12:02 The boat has a beam of 3.7 meters, a draft of 1.4 meters, and displaces 7937 kg. Its construction includes a one-piece, hand-laminated solid fiberglass hull-and-keel molding, eliminating keel bolts.11:45 Aboard Knot Your Average Boat, the Island PACKET 35 is noted for its full foil keel and skeg-protected rudder, which provide protection against groundings.12:02 Kyle Jackney, on Be The Captain, identifies Island Packets as stout but slow upwind, while also suggesting them as suitable for coastal cruising due to their shallow draft.9:51 The company's founder, Bob Johnson, developed the full-foil keel using NACA airfoil sections to provide tracking stability and a gentle motion with less than five feet of draft, generating hydrodynamic lift.7:22

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

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On the water

The Island Packet 35 on video

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
45.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
15.2
Displacement / length
289.4
Comfort ratio
31.3
Capsize screening
1.85
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1286
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1988–1994
Units built
178
Designer
Robert K. Johnson
Builder
Island Packet Yachts

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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.

Island Packet 38A 38-foot cutter with a 1.52-meter draft, balancing a heavy 4535-kilogram ballast for offshore stabilityIsland Packet 350A 10.57-meter cutter featuring a 1.3-meter draft and a 47% ballast ratio for stable, shallow-water explorationIsland Packet 37A 37-foot cutter with a 1.37-meter draft, balancing offshore stability with the ability to explore shallow anchoragesIsland Packet 32A 32-foot cruiser with a 1.32-meter draft, optimized for shallow-water access and offshore stabilityIsland Packet 31A 10.46-meter cutter with a shallow 1.22-meter draft, engineered for stable, long-distance cruising in shoal watersIsland Packet 45A 45-foot cutter with a 1.47-meter draft, balancing substantial displacement with shoal-water accessibility

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