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Island Packet 465/495

Cutter · Long Keel w/rudder On Skeg · First built 2008

A center-cockpit cutter offering a spacious alternative to the aft-cockpit 460/490 series for offshore cruising

Designed by Robert K. Johnson.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Long Keel w/rudder On Skeg

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a narrow beam gives 37 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 37
CoastalBluewater

1.76 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.76
LightHeavy

279 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.

Displacement / length 279
EasygoingPowered-up

13.7 — modest power for her weight; easygoing rather than lively, and happier with a breeze.

Sail area / displacement 13.7
TenderStiff

35% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 35%

A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.

  • Heavier than ~82% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~79% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~91% of boats her size on file

Compared with 199 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.8%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Cutter
Ratios
SA / displacement
13.7
Displacement / length
278.9
Comfort ratio
37.3
Capsize screening
1.76
Hull speed
8.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1950
Hull
Hull type
Long keel w/rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2008
Designer
Robert K. Johnson
Builder
Island Packet Yachts

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Hans Christian 4312.99 mSame hull family1.9 m shorterA 12.99-metre staysail ketch with a long keel and high comfort ratio, built from 1974 to 1992 for steady offshore work
Island Packet 43914.33 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA modern 2021-launched cutter with a heavy-displacement hull and a 1.52-meter draft for stable, deep-water cruising
Dolphin 47 (Alden)14.30 mSame hull family0.6 m shorterA heavy-displacement staysail ketch from the board of John G. Alden, built for comfortable, stable blue-water cruising
Morgan Yachts Out Island 4112.57 mSame hull family2.3 m shorterA prolific long-keeled masthead sloop designed by Charles Morgan Jr. that became a staple of the global charter trade
Explorer 45 (Huntingford)13.79 mSame hull family1.1 m shorterA long-keeled staysail ketch designed by Stan Huntingford for stable, comfortable blue-water passage making
Island Packet 4513.79 mSame hull family1.1 m shorterA 45-foot cutter with a 1.47-metre draft, balancing substantial displacement with shoal-water accessibility

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