Southern Cross 39
Cutter · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · First built 1981
A 1981 fin-keeled cutter with a 36% ballast ratio, designed for steady offshore performance and comfort
Designed by Thomas Gillmer, built by C. E. Ryder Corp.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin With Rudder On Skeg
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her heavy displacement on a moderate 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.
315 — heavy for her waterline, built to carry stores and ride steadily.
16.3 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
37% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Built heavy and sea-kindly — a boat made to cross oceans and forgive a rough night.
- Heavier than ~80% of boats her size on file
- Draws less than ~78% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2906 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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