Boat models · Bayfield
Bayfield 29
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1978-1983 · designed by Ted Gozzard
Key figures
Comfort24.8moderate
Capsize screen1.99passes for offshore
SA/D16.1cruiser
D/L369heavy
Ballast ratio0.35average
Hull speed6.2kt
- Built
- 1978-1983
- Designer
- Ted Gozzard
- Builder
- Bayfield Boatyard
- Rig
- Cutter
- Keel
- Long Keel
- Length
- 29.0 ft
- Beam / draft
- 10.2 ft · 3.5 ft
- Displacement
- 8,500 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsmixedfans and detractors
Charming, cozy pocket cruiser; slow, tender and heavy with a wet, cramped feel
- Coastal cruising
- respected · comfortable, traditional look, easy to live aboard short term
- Club racing
- disliked · slow, heavy, high-wetted-area hull
- First boat
- ordinary · cheap entry, but needs age-related upkeep
- Offshore passages
- mixed · seakindly but slow, small for the job
- Loved
- classic pilothouse-like looks · Cozy, warm interior with lots of wood · Stable, forgiving and easy to handle · Cutter rig flexible in breeze
- Gripes
- Slow in light air · Underpowered without genoa · Wet, tender in chop · Limited headroom and cramped berths
- Survey for
- Deck core rot around chainplates · Teak deck leaks · Tired original Atomic 4 or diesel · Keel bolt and rudder issues
- Cross-shopped
- Pearson 30 · Cape Dory 28 · Tartan 27 · Bayfield 25
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