Choate 48
Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1979
A 14.68-metre masthead sloop with a 53% ballast ratio, engineered for stiff, high-performance offshore sailing
Designed by Doug Peterson, built by Dencho Marine Inc.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin w/spade Rudder
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 25 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
1.99 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
169 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
21.2 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
53% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
- Draws more than ~89% of boats her size on file
Compared with 1929 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
The record
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The family
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