BOWMAN 57/58
Masthead Ketch • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1975
Dimensions
- LOA
- 57 ft
- LWL
- 44.58 ft
- Beam
- 14.67 ft
- Max Draft
- 7 ft
- Displacement
- 16,675 lbs
- Ballast
- 17,171 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.30 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 31.7
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 84
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 103.0%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1294 sq ft
- I
- 64 ft
- J
- 22 ft
- P
- 56 ft
- E
- 17 ft
- PY
- 29.5 ft
- EY
- 9.5 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1975
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Perkins
- Engine Model
- 4.236
- Power
- 85 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 400 gal
- Fuel
- 180 gal
Notes:
The 57 has a traditional counter.
LOA reversed transom: 56.08 ft / 17.1 m
Keel or Keel/Centerboard. versions.
Deep keel: draft 8.33 ft / 2.54m; ballast 17171 lbs / 7788kg
Centerboard: draft max 11 ft / 3.35m; min 5.75 ft / 1.75m; ballast 16500 lbs / 7484kg
Mk II and Mk III have 360 gal water tanks
Other engines available include Mercedes OM314, Tempest Ford 6.87 and Perkins H 6.534
Sloop or Cutter rigged
Designer
- Kim Holman (1925–2006)
Builder
- Bowman Yachts (1972–2001)