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Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling

Gaff head Cat · Keel/centreboard · First built 1962

A gaff-rigged catboat based on a 1941 design, featuring a shallow-draft keel-centerboard hull for versatile day sailing

Designed by Arnold & Breck Marshall.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

See her sail

The Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling, on the water

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

Footage from Practical Sailor

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Character

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

Ramp-launchableAbout 998 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.48 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 11 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 11
CoastalBluewater

At 2.62 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.62
LightHeavy

183 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 183
EasygoingPowered-up

24.0 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 24.0
TenderStiff

23% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 23%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

  • Heavier than ~76% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 398 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling, as the fleet has seen it

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The Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling is a 5.5-meter gaff-head catboat designed by Arnold and Breck Marshall, built by Marshall Marine Corporation since 1962. Based on a 1941 design by 'Pop' Arnold, it features a Keel/Cbrd. hull, a 2.6-meter beam, and a 1.3-meter draft, displacing 997 kg. An open cockpit dayboat version is also available without a cuddy cabin.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

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On the water

The Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling on video

Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel looked into buying

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
22.7%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Gaff head Cat
Ratios
SA / displacement
24.0
Displacement / length
183.3
Comfort ratio
11.1
Capsize screening
2.62
Hull speed
5.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
532
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1962
Designer
Arnold, Breck Marshall
Builder
Marshall Marine Corporation

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The family

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