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Andy Schell and August Sandberg of the Quarterdeck Sailing Podcast analyze a specific Saga Marine 48 listing — a 2003 boat named Arctic Raven, priced at $249,000 — submitted by Quarterdeck member Nick Dawson.2:23 The boat was designed by Bob Perry and built in Canada as a deliberate counterpoint to generic 1990s production fiberglass sailboats.6:49 Key specs from sailboatdata.com: 52-foot LOA with a long bowsprit, 43-foot waterline, 13.7-foot beam, 30,000-pound displacement, 10,000 pounds of ballast, six-foot maximum draft with a fin keel and bulb, and 1,200 square feet of sail area.14:31 Sail area-to-displacement ratio of 20.07, ballast-to-displacement of 33%, displacement-to-length of 160, comfort ratio of 30, and a capsize screening value of 1.7 place it in the higher-performance cruising category.14:42 Schell rates the Saga 43 — the direct predecessor — as his top all-around offshore cruising boat recommendation.4:04 The discussion covers the Saga 48's raised salon layout, its design brief requiring ICW compatibility (65-foot air draft limit, six-foot draft limit), potential tenderness from narrow beam and shallow keel offset by the bulb keel, and how its numbers compare to the Feeling 485 and Ericsson 35-3 reviewed in earlier sessions.8:23 A bulb keel concentrating ballast at maximum depth may offset the tenderness reported on the Saga 43.17:56

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