Piewiet 700

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.50 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,650 kg of hull, so roughly 2,250 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 1.20 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

CoastalBluewater

2.14 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.14

EasygoingPowered-up

19.4 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.4

TenderStiff

48% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 48%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

48.5%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

19.4

Capsize screening

2.14

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/rudder on partial skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1976

Designer

Hendrik Frank van der Rest

Builder

Van der Rest Nautic b.v

Boats like this, on the water

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Ranger Yachts 237.21 mSame hull family0.2 m longerDesigned to rate at the IOR 18-foot level, this masthead sloop offered an optional tall rig starting in 1974

Ask PYS - Should I Crimp or Solder Wire Connections on my Boat?0:06 from Pacific Yacht Systems

Hurley 226.71 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA long-running Ian Anderson design with a heavy ballast ratio, produced by multiple builders over three decades

Stopped on the road to recycling - the wrecked yacht that needed a lift0:27 from Halcyon Yachts - International Yacht Delivery

Westerly Marine Ltd. Cirrus 226.71 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA John Butler-designed fractional sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, built for performance in a compact 22-foot hull

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C&C Yachts 247.32 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA lively 1975 masthead sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio, designed for responsive club racing

Lauren Topchik // Chasing Cruising Dreams8:58 from 59° North Sailing

Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 24.27.30 mSame hull family0.3 m longerA Jacques Fauroux-designed fractional sloop built for coastal cruising with a stable fin-and-bulb keel

Sailing under asymmetric spinnaker with a Sun Odyssey1:24 from VOILIER ODIN

Westerly Marine Construction Ltd. Nomad 226.78 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA twin-keel masthead sloop designed by Denys Rayner as a refined evolution of the Westerly 22 for shoal-water cruising

How to Sail in Bad Weather21:07 from The Mariner

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.

Piewiet 850A fractional sloop with a fin keel and spade rudder, marketed in the United States as the Dutch Flyer 28 Piewiet 930A 9.5-metre masthead sloop with a skeg-hung rudder, also known in the United States as the Dutch Flyer 31 Piewiet 820 Flush DeckA stripped-down, flush-deck racing variant of the 820 featuring a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for speed

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