Nauticat 331

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The Nauticat 331, on the water

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Footage from Halcyon Yachts - International Yacht Delivery

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Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her heavy displacement on a moderate beam gives 39 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.

Comfort ratio 39

CoastalBluewater

At 1.68 she sits well under the 2.0 line — a solidly ocean-capable hull for her size.

Capsize screening 1.68

LightHeavy

373 — very heavy for her waterline, a serious load-carrying cruiser.

Displacement / length 373

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 13.9

TenderStiff

28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 28%

Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.

Heavier than ~93% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2902 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Nauticat 331, as the fleet has seen it

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The Nauticat 331 is a 33-foot Finnish-built masthead ketch motorsailer, produced by Siltala Yachts since 1997. It features a fin keel with a skeg-hung rudder, measures 10.1 meters LOA with a 3.4-meter beam, and displaces 8499 kg. The boat has a deep draft of 1.5 meters. Aboard a Nauticat 331, Halcyon Yachts observed stability and balance in 20-knot winds during an eight-day passage from Cardiff to Dartmouth.2:06 The vessel is powered by a 70-horsepower engine, consuming two to three liters of fuel per hour at 1,800 RPM from its 500-liter tank.3:31 Its design includes a raised pilothouse with dual helm stations, allowing navigation from either the cockpit or the interior.4:06 The interior features a saloon, a galley with a microwave and fridge, and two double cabins, one with an ensuite head.5:44 Construction emphasizes solid woodwork and teak-topped handrails, with accessible systems and ample storage.7:39

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

28.3%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Ketch

Ratios

SA / displacement

13.9

Displacement / length

372.6

Comfort ratio

39.3

Capsize screening

1.68

Hull speed

7.1 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1124

Hull

Hull type

Fin with rudder on skeg

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1997

Builder

Siltala Yachts, Nauticat - Siltala Yachts

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

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