BoatsTexas One Ton (Carter 36)

Texas One Ton (Carter 36)

Masthead Sloop · Fin keel, spade rudder · First built 1974

A Dick Carter-designed IOR One Tonner influenced by Ganbare, offered as a finished masthead sloop or a bare hull

Designed by Dick Carter, built by Plastrend.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Fin w/spade Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 23
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.01
LightHeavy

206 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 206
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.8

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.8
Displacement / length
205.8
Comfort ratio
23.1
Capsize screening
2.01
Hull speed
7.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1239
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/spade rudder
Construction
FG (C-Flex)
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1974
Units built
40
Designer
Dick Carter
Builder
Plastrend, Composite Technologies

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