Wright Contessa 36
Masthead Ketch · Long Keel · First built 1973
A centre-cockpit ketch derived from the Princess 36, featuring a long keel and a convenient below-deck walk-through
Designed by Arthur Edmunds.
- 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.
Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 30 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.81 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
309 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.
13.8 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.
35% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
The record
Full specifications
The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.
Boats like this, on the water
Nobody has filmed this one — but these are close.
Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.
The family
Boats like this
Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.
Keep looking
Nothing filmed of this one yet
Two ways to keep looking — both search what the fleet has actually recorded.
The newsletter
New boats, new stories. Every week, everywhere.
One email from the fleet — boats newly added, videos newly analysed. No noise.