Surprise 45
Masthead Ketch · Fin Keel · First built 1981
A Pieter Beeldsnijder-designed masthead ketch, originally built in aluminium in the Netherlands before moving to fibreglass
Designed by Pieter Beeldsnijder, built by TA Yang Yacht Building Co. (Taiwan).
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Fin Keel
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her moderate displacement on a narrow beam gives 33 — a sea-kindly motion in a seaway.
1.81 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
262 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.
16.6 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
42% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
A capable cruiser that sits just inside the offshore line — coastal work with real passages in her.
- Heavier than ~77% of boats her size on file
Compared with 2251 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
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Boats like this, on the water
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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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