BoatsColvic Craft Watson 31.5

Colvic Craft Watson 31.5

Masthead Ketch · Long Keel · First built 1976

A masthead ketch featuring a long-keeled lifeboat hull, offered in various configurations and construction stages

Designed by G. L. Watson, Co. Ltd & George L. Watson.

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

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 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 35
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.74
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 323
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 9.3
TenderStiff

37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 37%

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

  • Heavier than ~75% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~77% of boats her size on file

Compared with 424 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
36.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
9.3
Displacement / length
322.8
Comfort ratio
35.4
Capsize screening
1.74
Hull speed
7.1 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1110
Hull
Hull type
Long Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1976
Designer
G. L. Watson, Co. Ltd, George L. Watson
Builder
Colvic Craft

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Cape George 319.45 mSame hull family0.2 m shorterA William Atkin-designed cutter with a heavy ballast ratio and long keel, built for stability and offshore comfort
Hans Christian 339.98 mSame hull family0.4 m longerA heavy-displacement cutter with a long keel, designed by Harwood Ives for comfortable, steady offshore passage-making
Mariner 329.70 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA long-keeled masthead ketch by Clair Oberly, featuring a distinctive Clipper bow and an open, taffrail-surrounded cockpit
Mariner 319.35 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA long-keeled masthead ketch and the first fiberglass hull from Far East Yachts, featuring a plywood-cored deck
Westsail 329.75 mSame hull family0.2 m longerA fiberglass adaptation of William Atkin's Thistle design, this heavy-displacement cutter saw 834 hulls built.
Allied Boat Co. Seawind9.30 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA Thomas Gillmer-designed masthead ketch with a long keel, marking both the beginning and the end of the Allied Boat Co.

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