Mariner 35 (Garden)
Masthead Ketch · Long Keel · 1964–1970
Marketed as the Far East 35 by George B. Walton Inc., this heavy-displacement ketch offers a stable 47.9 comfort ratio
Designed by Clair Oberly & William Garden, built by Far East Yachts.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Hull type
- Long Keel
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The Mariner 35 (Garden), on the water
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
LivelyComfort 48Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.51Bluewater
LightD/L 466Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 12.7Powered-up
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Heavier than ~79% of boats her size on file
Compared with 431 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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Sailed by the fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
12.7
Displacement / length
466.5
Comfort ratio
47.9
Capsize screening
1.51
Hull speed
6.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
980
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Wood
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
1964–1970
Designer
Clair Oberly, William Garden
Builder
Far East 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.
Mariner 36 (Garden)A heavy-displacement ketch with a 43.95 comfort ratio, designed for stable, long-distance cruisingMariner 40 (Garden)A William Garden-designed masthead ketch with a long keel, built in wood and later fiberglass for offshore cruisingMariner 31A long-keeled masthead ketch and the first fiberglass hull from Far East Yachts, featuring a plywood-cored deckMariner 32A long-keeled masthead ketch by Clair Oberly, featuring a distinctive Clipper bow and an open, taffrail-surrounded cockpitMariner 36 (Canning)A 1978-1983 production masthead sloop with a skeg-mounted rudder, balanced for coastal cruising
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