BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER
Cutter • Long keel w/trans. hung rudder • Built 1976
Dimensions
- LOA
- 37.75 ft
- LWL
- 26.25 ft
- Beam
- 10.08 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.83 ft
- Displacement
- 14,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 4,600 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.67 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 18.5
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 346
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 32.9%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 673 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long keel w/trans. hung rudder
- Rig Type
- Cutter
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1976
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 127
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Volvo
- Engine Model
- MD 7A
- Power
- 13 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 64 gal
- Fuel
- 32 gal
Notes:
Sail Area (standard sails):
-Main: 238.22 ft² / 22.13 m²
-Jib: 294.5 ft² / 27.36 m²
-Stay sail: 104.64 ft² / 9.72 m²
Cape George Cutter Marine Works, Inc is the current builder (2025) in the USA.
Thanks to ADELIE for providing missing data.
A few were also built in Canada.
Designer
- Lyle C. Hess (1912–2002)
Builders
- Cape George Marine Works
- Sam L. Morse Co. (USA) (1976–2007)