Baba 35

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The Baba 35, on the water

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

Footage from Golden Globe Race Official

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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 42 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.

Comfort ratio 42

CoastalBluewater

At 1.62 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.62

LightHeavy

365 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 365

EasygoingPowered-up

15.9 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 15.9

TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

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

Heavier than ~84% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 427 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Baba 35, as the fleet has seen it

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The Baba 35 is a 10.6-meter cutter-rigged sailboat with a long keel and a displacement of 9588 kg, designed by Robert H. Perry and built by Ta Shing Shipyards from 1979 to 1986. It was also sold as the Flying Dutchman 35, with a pilothouse variant produced in small numbers. Aboard *Golden Globe Race Official*, the Baba 35 *Exodus* is being prepared for the Golden Globe Race, featuring a double-ender hull and a bowsprit.0:09 The owner installed a manual windlass to reduce bow weight and considered sealing deck hatches for heavy weather.0:56 The interior includes a diesel heater, a keel-stepped mast, and a foot-pedal water pump in the galley.2:37 Navigation equipment, including VHF and HF radios, is located at the chart table.3:51 The owner installed permanent mast steps after a solo mast-climbing test revealed the inefficiency and hazard of the existing system for offshore use.6:40

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

37.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

15.9

Displacement / length

364.6

Comfort ratio

42.1

Capsize screening

1.62

Hull speed

7.3 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1181

Hull

Hull type

Long Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

1979–1986

Units built

72

Designer

Robert H. Perry

Builder

Ta Shing Shipyards (TAIWAN)

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The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Baba 30A heavy-displacement cutter with a long keel, built by Shing Sheng and Ta Shing between 1976 and 1986 Baba 40 Pilot HouseA pilot house cutter with a heavy displacement and high comfort ratio, designed for protected offshore watch-keeping Baba 40A 13-ton cutter with a 41.5 comfort ratio, built between 1980 and 1982 for steady, long-distance passage making Tashiba 40A 13-ton cutter with a high comfort ratio of 41.48, engineered for steady, long-distance passage making Panda 40A Robert Perry-designed cutter with a long keel and heavy displacement, sharing the classic lines of the Baba 40 Panda 34A heavy-displacement cutter with a long keel, designed by Gary Grant as a refined evolution of the BABA 35

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