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O Island Packet 31, como a frota o viu
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The Island PACKET 31 is a cutter-rigged sailboat with a long keel, designed by Robert K. Johnson and built by Island Packet Yachts from 1983 to 1989. It measures 10.5 meters LOA, has a 3.5-meter beam, a 1.2-meter draft, and displaces 4989 kg.6:15 Johnson, a mechanical engineer with an MIT master's in naval architecture, founded Island Packet Yachts in 1979, developing a full-foil keel using NACA airfoil sections for stability and lift, counter to the fin-keel trend of the late 1970s.1:25 The company constructed its boats with a one-piece, hand-laminated solid fiberglass hull-and-keel molding, avoiding keel bolts, and used a proprietary Polyclad gel coat system.7:53 Introduced at the 1983 Annapolis Boat Show, the Island PACKET 31 sold 262 units, establishing the brand's reputation for robust construction and a comfortable motion.5:46
