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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.

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 48 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 48
CoastalBluewater

At 1.51 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.51
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 466
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 12.7

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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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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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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