Wright Princess 36

Masthead Ketch · Long Keel · 1972–1982

Specifications

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

34.7%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Ketch

Ratios

SA / displacement

13.8

Displacement / length

309.1

Comfort ratio

30.4

Capsize screening

1.81

Hull speed

7.0 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1081

Hull

Hull type

Long Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

1972–1982

Units built

140

Designer

Arthur Edmunds

Builder

Wright, Allied Yachts, Allied Boat Company Inc.

Design & history

The PRINCESS 36 was available as a cutter or ketch, with a center cockpit version called the CONTESSA built in small numbers. Around 1980 a bowsprit was added for the PRINCESS 36 MKII, also offered as a cutter or ketch.

Notable features

Available as cutter or ketchCenter cockpit version (CONTESSA)Bowsprit added around 1980 (MKII)

Variants

CONTESSA
PRINCESS 36 MKII

Production

Few of the center cockpit CONTESSA version were built.

Curated reference notes

Not yet featured in any indexed video.

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