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Tartan Marine 4300

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 2008

A 13-meter masthead sloop featuring a deep 2.51-meter fin keel and a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio

Designed by Tim Jackett W.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

See her sail

The Tartan Marine 4300, on the water

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Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 30 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 30
CoastalBluewater

1.79 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.79
LightHeavy

179 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 179
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 20.5
TenderStiff

31% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 31%

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

  • Draws more than ~96% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2576 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Tartan Marine 4300, as the fleet has seen it

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The Tartan Marine 4300 is a Masthead Sloop sailboat model, designed by Tim Jackett and built by Tartan Marine from 2008 to the present. It has a fin keel with a spade rudder, measures 13.1 meters LOA, 3.8 meters in beam, and displaces 9877 kg. The model offers two keel variants: a Beavertail Keel with a 1.78-meter draft and 10,796 kg displacement, or a Keel/Centerboard option with a 1.47-meter draft and 11,351 kg displacement. Tartan Yachts, the builder, has a history of producing durable, performance-oriented cruising sailboats like the 4300, despite navigating several ownership changes since its founding in 1971.4:24

The living fleet

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
31.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.5
Displacement / length
179.1
Comfort ratio
29.5
Capsize screening
1.79
Hull speed
8.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1691
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 2008
Designer
Tim Jackett w
Builder
Tartan

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Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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