TRINTELLA IIIA
Masthead Ketch • Long Keel • Built 1972–1979
Dimensions
- LOA
- 35.24 ft
- LWL
- 28.21 ft
- Beam
- 10.5 ft
- Max Draft
- 4.82 ft
- Displacement
- 16,535 lbs
- Ballast
- 6,173 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.65 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 14.2
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 329
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 37.3%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 577 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long Keel
- Rig Type
- Masthead Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1972
- Last Built
- 1979
- Number Built
- 60
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Perkins
- Engine Model
- 4-108
- Engine Type
- Diesel
Notes:
In the UK, a number of yachts to this design (molded by Tyler Boat Co.) were finished by Frank Halls & Son. Another version, finished by Offshore Yachts (UK) was sold as the OFFSHORE T35. Besides the TRINTELLA IIIA, it is thought that at least 100 more were built.
See Mike Davies book,'Essex and Suffolk Boatyards & Boat Builders.
Thanks also to the Trintella Friends Association for assistance.
Designer
- E. G. Van de Stadt (1910–1999)
Builders
- Anne Wever Shipyard (NL) (1953–2002)
- Offshore Yachts Ltd. (UK)
- Tyler Boat Co. Ltd. (UK) (1946–1980)