Island Packet 485/525
Cutter · Long Keel w/rudder On Skeg · First built 2002
A heavy-displacement 15.9-meter cutter with a 39.24 comfort ratio, designed for stable, long-range blue-water passage
Designed by Robert K. Johnson.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Long Keel w/rudder On Skeg
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The Island Packet 485/525, on the water
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Character
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Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 39 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.74 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
245 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
13.6 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.
36% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.
- Heavier than ~91% of boats her size on file
- Draws less than ~75% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~95% of boats her size on file
Compared with 141 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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