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Piewiet 700

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/rudder On Partial Skeg · First built 1976

Originally marketed as the Kievit 700, this masthead sloop offers multiple keel options for shoal or deep water

Designed by Hendrik Frank van der Rest, built by Van der Rest Nautic b. V.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/rudder On Partial Skeg

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.50 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,650 kg of hull, so roughly 2,250 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 1.20 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

2.14 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.14
EasygoingPowered-up

19.4 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.4
TenderStiff

48% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 48%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
48.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.4
Capsize screening
2.14
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/rudder on partial skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1976
Designer
Hendrik Frank van der Rest
Builder
Van der Rest Nautic b.v

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The family

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