Boat models · Island Packet
Island Packet 31 Fixed keel
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1983-1989 · designed by Bob Johnson
Key figures
Comfort22moderate
Capsize screen2.07fails the screen
SA/D17.2cruiser
D/L230moderate
Ballast ratio0.41stiff
Hull speed7.1kt
- Built
- 1983-1989
- Designer
- Bob Johnson
- Builder
- Island Packet Yachts (USA)
- Rig
- Cutter
- Keel
- Long keel
- Length
- 34.3 ft
- Beam / draft
- 11.5 ft · 4.0 ft
- Displacement
- 11,000 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsrespectedpicked over its peers
Roomy, stout, comfy cruiser; slow and poor to windward, but early-build quirks need survey
- Coastal cruising
- respected · roomy, comfy, forgiving and easy to handle
- Liveaboard
- respected · big volume and storage for its size
- Offshore passages
- mixed · safe and sturdy but slow, and weak upwind
- Club racing
- disliked · low PHRF performance, heavy and slow in light air
- Loved
- Spacious, well-laid-out interior · Stable, forgiving motion · Solid hand-laid hull · Cutter rig is easy to handle
- Gripes
- Slow in light air · Weak to windward · Hard to back up under power · Dated, dark interior
- Survey for
- Gelcoat crazing and blisters · Deck core moisture at deck hardware · Original teak/glass tank corrosion or leaks · Aging Universal diesel and cooling
- Cross-shopped
- Pacific Seacraft 34 · Catalina 34 · Hunter 33 · Tartan 34
Owner opinion from cruisersforum.com, sailboatowners.com, ipsailor.com
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