BoatsChris-Craft Sail Yacht 35

Chris-Craft Sail Yacht 35

Masthead Sloop · Long Keel · 1963–1985

A long-keeled masthead sloop from the boards of Sparkman & Stephens, featuring a hull shared with the Caribbean 35

Designed by Olin Stephens, Sparkman & Stephens.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel

See her sail

The Chris-Craft Sail Yacht 35, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Footage from Lady K Sailing

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 38 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 38
CoastalBluewater

At 1.68 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.68
LightHeavy

349 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 349
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 13.1
TenderStiff

28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 28%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Chris-Craft Sail Yacht 35, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Chris-Craft Sail Yacht 35 is a masthead sloop designed by Olin Stephens of Sparkman & Stephens, built by Chris-Craft from 1963 to 1985.4:02 This 10.7-meter sailboat, also known as the Chris Craft 35, has a long keel, a 3.4-meter beam, a 1.4-meter draft, and displaces 8215 kg.watch It shares its hull with the Caribbean 35 but features a different deck and interior layout; early versions were constructed with a wood deck and superstructure.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Chris-Craft Sail Yacht 35 on video

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
27.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.1
Displacement / length
349.3
Comfort ratio
37.7
Capsize screening
1.68
Hull speed
7.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1120
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1963–1985
Units built
62
Designer
Olin Stephens, Sparkman, Stephens
Builder
Chris-Craft

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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.

Chris-Craft Caribbean 35A heavy-displacement masthead sloop with a long keel, built by Chris-Craft for stable, comfortable cruisingChris-Craft Capri 30A 1964 keel-centerboard cruiser from Sparkman & Stephens, offering adjustable draft for shoal water explorationChris-Craft Cherokee 32A Sparkman & Stephens masthead sloop designed for Chris-Craft with a skeg-mounted rudder and classic 1960s linesChris-Craft Comanche 42A Sparkman & Stephens fractional sloop with a skeg-mounted rudder, built for performance and stability in a short runChris-Craft Capri 26-1A short-lived 1965 Chris-Craft production featuring a high ballast-to-displacement ratio for its 8-metre length

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