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Nauticat 331

Masthead Ketch · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1997

A sturdy masthead ketch designed for comfortable cruising with a skeg-mounted rudder and a stable, heavy displacement

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

LivelyComfort 39Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.68Bluewater
LightD/L 373Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 13.9Powered-up
TenderBallast 28%Stiff

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

  • Heavier than ~93% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2902 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
28.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.9
Displacement / length
372.6
Comfort ratio
39.3
Capsize screening
1.68
Hull speed
7.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1124
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1997
Builder
Siltala Yachts, Nauticat - Siltala Yachts

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Westerly Yachts Ltd. Discus 3310.14 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthAn aft-cockpit evolution of the Westerly 33, featuring a masthead rig and the choice of fin or twin keels
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Victoria Marine 3410.44 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA versatile cruiser available as a masthead sloop or cutter, featuring a shallow 1.47m draft and a skeg-hung rudder
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Contessa 329.75 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA 1973 London Boat Show winner with a skeg-hung rudder and a ballast-to-displacement ratio of 47 percent
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Seidelmann Yachts 3410.36 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA 1981 masthead sloop with a 45% ballast ratio, balancing a light-displacement hull with a deep 1.65-meter fin keel
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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.

Nauticat 321A masthead sloop designed for comfortable cruising with a stable, moderate displacement hull and a 1.65m draftNauticat 33Siltala's inaugural production model, this long-keeled ketch offers a stable, high-comfort platform for extended cruisingNauticat 37A 1.85m draft fin-keel masthead sloop built since 2002, offering a stable and comfortable platform for coastal cruisingNauticat 44A 13.31-metre masthead ketch with a long keel, built since 1974 to provide a stable, high-comfort platform for blue-water passages

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