Staysail Ketch · Long Keel · First built 1976
A John G. Alden-designed staysail ketch with a long keel, built for comfortable, stable blue-water passage making
Designed by John G. Alden Inc.
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Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 44 — a heavy, notably soft motion offshore.
At 1.63 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.
379 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.
16.4 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
29% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
Compared with 289 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
What the fleet has seen
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Fuji 45 is a 13.7-meter staysail ketch designed by John G. Alden Inc. and built by Fuji Yacht Builders since 1976. It features a long keel hull, a 3.9-meter beam, a 1.7-meter draft, and displaces 13,834 kg. The
The living fleet
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.
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