Boat models · Soverel
Soverel 33
Sailboat, racer · built 1983-1990 · designed by Mark Soverel
Key figures
Comfort11.7lively, coastal
Capsize screen2.45fails the screen
SA/D26.7performance
D/L92light
Ballast ratio0.48stiff
Hull speed7.4kt
- Built
- 1983-1990
- Designer
- Mark Soverel
- Builder
- Soverel Marine (USA)
- Rig
- Fractional Sloop
- Keel
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Length
- 33.0 ft
- Beam / draft
- 11.0 ft · 5.8 ft
- Displacement
- 5,800 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classraceras owners use it
Forumsrespectedpicked over its peers
Fast, light MORC/PHRF flyer with a following; cramped, wet and demanding, not a cruiser.
- Club racing
- respected · fast in a breeze, competitive under PHRF for its age
- Coastal cruising
- mixed · spartan interior, race-oriented ergonomics
- First boat
- disliked · twitchy, crew-heavy, high maintenance for newcomers
- Loved
- Quick upwind and off the wind · Light and responsive helm · Strong racing record for its era · Cheap speed per dollar used
- Gripes
- Spartan, cramped interior · Wet ride in chop · Needs experienced crew to sail well · Tender if over-canvassed
- Survey for
- Keel bolt and grid corrosion or cracking · Deck core moisture around hardware · Rudder bearing and stock wear · Bulkhead tab delamination from racing loads
- Cross-shopped
- Santa Cruz 33 · Farr 10.5 · J/33 · Olson 34
Thin discussion; from sailboatdata.com, sailnet.com, forums.sailinganarchy.com
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