Beta Marine

Beta Marine

Sailboat Specifications

Definitions
Hull Type: Fin with rudder on skeg
Rigging Type: Masthead Sloop
LOA: 32.50 ft / 9.91 m
LWL: 26.58 ft / 8.10 m
S.A. (reported): 469.00 ft² / 43.57 m²
Beam: 10.17 ft / 3.10 m
Displacement: 10,800.00 lb / 4,899 kg
Ballast: 5,500.00 lb / 2,495 kg
Max Draft: 4.00 ft / 1.22 m
Construction: FG
First Built: 1982
Last Built: 1984
# Built: 8
Builder: Watkins Yachts Inc. (USA)
Designer: William Tripp Jr.

Auxiliary Power/Tanks (orig. equip.)

Make: Yanmar
Type: Diesel
Fuel: 30 gals / 114 L

Accomodations

Water: 40 gals / 151 L

Sailboat Calculations

Definitions
S.A. / Displ.: 15.41
Bal. / Displ.: 50.93
Disp: / Len: 256.75
Comfort Ratio: 26.80
Capsize Screening Formula: 1.84
S#: 1.96
Hull Speed: 6.91 kn
Pounds/Inch Immersion: 965.88 pounds/inch

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3rd ad full width

Rig and Sail Particulars

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I: 38.75 ft / 11.81 m
J: 13.75 ft / 4.19 m
P: 33.00 ft / 10.06 m
E: 12.25 ft / 3.73 m
S.A. Fore: 266.41 ft² / 24.75 m²
S.A. Main: 202.13 ft² / 18.78 m²
S.A. Total (100% Fore + Main Triangles): 468.54 ft² / 43.53 m²
S.A./Displ. (calc.): 15.40
Est. Forestay Length: 41.12 ft / 12.53 m

Sailboat Links

Designers: William H. Tripp Jr.
Builders: Watkins Yachts
Associations: Watkins Owners
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Notes

Derived from the molds for the COLUMBIA 32. In 1984 a modified version became the WATKINS 33.