Boat models · Spencer
Spencer 31
Sailboat, coastal cruiser · built 1966 · designed by John Brandlmayr
Key figures
Comfort28.7moderate
Capsize screen1.74passes for offshore
SA/D15.9undercanvassed
D/L302heavy
Ballast ratio0.37average
Hull speed6.6kt
- Built
- 1966
- Designer
- John Brandlmayr
- Builder
- Spencer Boats
- Rig
- Masthead Sloop
- Keel
- Fin w/spade rudder
- Length
- 31.0 ft
- Beam / draft
- 9.2 ft · 5.0 ft
- Displacement
- 9,350 lb
Design figures as published, not for any one hull. Full specifications on sailboatdata.com.
Reputation
Classcoastal cruiseras owners use it
Forumsordinarydoes the job, nobody seeks it
Roomy, cheap 1960s Vancouver glass boat; condition varies, little info exists
- Liveaboard
- respected · roomy California-style layout, big lockers
- Coastal cruising
- ordinary · easy tiller handling, dated but capable
- First boat
- mixed · cheap, but age and thin support
- Loved
- Spacious interior for 31 ft · Huge deck lockers · Easy tiller handling · Very low purchase price
- Gripes
- Interior finish plainer than peers · Few built, little information · Atomic 4 often tired
- Survey for
- Worn-out Atomic 4 engine · Original 1960s fiberglass layup condition · Tired furling gear and sails · Decades of deferred upkeep
- Cross-shopped
- Aloha 32 · Niagara 31 · Cape Dory 31 · Ericson Cruising 31
Thin discussion; from cruisersforum.com, sailnet.com, cruisersforum.com
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