BoatsSears Crestwind

Sears Crestwind

Fractional Sloop · Daggerboard · First built 1971

A lightweight fibreglass fractional sloop designed by Peter Milne for Sears, featuring a daggerboard for agile performance

Designed by Peter Milne.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Daggerboard

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.52 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 77 kg of hull, so roughly 700 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 77 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.18 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 2 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 2
CoastalBluewater

At 3.60 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.60
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 34
EasygoingPowered-up

42.8 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 42.8

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

  • Draws less than ~94% of boats her size on file

Compared with 376 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
42.8
Displacement / length
33.6
Comfort ratio
2.3
Capsize screening
3.60
Hull speed
4.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
234
Hull
Hull type
Daggerboard
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1971
Designer
Peter Milne
Builder
Sears, Roebuck, Co

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The family

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