PILOT 33
Fractional Sloop • Long Keel • Built 1945–1952
Dimensions
- LOA
- 32.92 ft
- LWL
- 24 ft
- Beam
- 9.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.75 ft
- Displacement
- 12,500 lbs
- Ballast
- 4,265 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.64 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 15.5
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 404
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 34.1%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 523 sq ft
- I
- 33.67 ft
- J
- 11.87 ft
- P
- 38 ft
- E
- 17 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long Keel
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- Wood planked
- Ballast Type
- Lead
Production
- First Built
- 1945
- Last Built
- 1952
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Gray Marine
- Engine Model
- Sea Scout 4-91
- Engine Type
- Gas
Notes:
S&S design #539. (The first post war S&S design.)
After this first version, the PILOT class went through a number revisions. (A second version was introduced in 1959)
This version, drawn by Aage Nielsen, an S&S employee at the time, was the most popular before the introduction, in 1962, of the slightly larger HINCKLEY PILOT 35 (S&S #1727), designed specifically for fiberglass construction.
First built by Fisher Boat Works in Detroit, MI, (sometimes called FISHER PILOT 33) and later by Thomas Knutson in Huntington, NY.
The original plans showed a Gray Marine gas engine for auxiliary power.
Designers
- K. Aage Nielsen (1904–1984)
- Sparkman & Stephens
Builder
- Knutson Shipbuilding Corp. (1935)
Related Boats
| Name | LOA (ft) | Year | Rig |
|---|---|---|---|
| PILOT 35 (HINCKLEY) | 35.75 | 1962 | Masthead Sloop |