Fractionally Rigged Ketch · Keel/centreboard · First built 1986
A Ted Brewer-designed fractional ketch with a keel-centerboard hull, built for versatile shoal-draft cruising
Designed by Ted Brewer & Edward S. Brewer.
LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 2.36 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 841 kg of hull, so roughly 1,450 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 841 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 0.28 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 9 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.
Comfort ratio 9
CoastalBluewater
At 2.53 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.
Capsize screening 2.53
LightHeavy
107 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
Displacement / length 107
EasygoingPowered-up
22.0 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.
Sail area / displacement 22.0
TenderStiff
22% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.
Ballast 22%
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
21.6%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractionally Rigged Ketch
Ratios
SA / displacement
22.0
Displacement / length
107.4
Comfort ratio
9.3
Capsize screening
2.53
Hull speed
6.0 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
547
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1986
Designer
Ted Brewer, Edward S. Brewer
Builder
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