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Countess 33 |
Price Guide
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£26,000 to £40,000
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Builder |
Colvic moulded hulls and decks, various professional
and amateur fit-outs |
LOA |
33' 0" |
Sail area |
not known
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Brief details |
LWL |
28' 9" |
Rig |
sloop or ketch |
The Countess 33 was
a 1980 Ian Anderson design for Colvic Craft, who moulded the hulls
and decks, and sold them to both amateur builders and a number of
boatyards, who finished them under their own names. The Minster
33 and Medway 33 were yard-built versions of the Countess 33 sold
under yard's own names. The boats are moderately heavy displacement. |
Beam |
11' 8" |
Cabins |
3 |
Draught |
5' 3" fin or 4' 6" B/K |
Berths |
5+ |
Displacement |
14,900 lbs |
Engine |
various |
Ballast |
approx 5,000 to 6,000 lbs |
BHP |
typically 28 - 40 |
Keel type |
Fin or twin bilge keels with encapsulated ballast
and skeg-hung rudder |
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Designed by Ian Anderson in 1980, the Countess
33 is a spacious family cruiser with a centre cockpit and
a good sized aft cabin. This example has two heads - one being
en-suite to the aft double cabin.
The Countess hulls were moulded by Colvic, and supplied
part-complete to both amateur and professional boatbuilders
for completion.
Countesses were built with both sloop and ketch rigs, and
bilge or fin keels. Ballast material and weight may vary according
to the builder, but steel punchings set in resin are common.
The Countess 33 design was later stretched to become the
Countess
35, but very few of the 35s were built,
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