Island Packet 45
Cutter · Long Keel · 1996–2000
A 45-foot cutter with a 1.47-metre draft, balancing substantial displacement with shoal-water accessibility
Designed by Robert K. Johnson.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Long Keel
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The Island Packet 45, on the water
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Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 35 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.75 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
239 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
15.9 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
44% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.
A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.
- Heavier than ~75% of boats her size on file
- Draws less than ~77% of boats her size on file
- Beamier than ~85% of boats her size on file
Compared with 288 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
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The Island Packet 45 on video
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