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The Moorings 335 is an American
sailboat A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture. Types Although sailboat terminology ...
that was designed for Moorings Yacht Charter and first built in 1988. The Moorings 335 is a development of the Hunter 33.5 specially for the charter market, with a shorter
length overall Length overall (LOA, o/a, o.a. or oa) is the maximum length of a vessel's hull measured parallel to the waterline. This length is important while docking the ship. It is the most commonly used way of expressing the size of a ship, and is also ...
, but longer
waterline length A vessel's length at the waterline (abbreviated to L.W.L) is the length of a ship or boat at the level where it sits in the water (the ''waterline''). The LWL will be shorter than the length of the boat overall (''length overall'' or LOA) as mos ...
and lighter displacement.


Production

The design was built for Moorings by
Hunter Marine Hunter Marine was an American boat builder, now known as Marlow-Hunter, LLC, owned by David E. Marlow. The company did produce the Mainship powerboat brand. Marlow also owns and manufactures the Marlow Yachts brand consisting of long range ...
in the
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, but it is now out of production. The design is no longer in service with Moorings and the fleet has been sold for private use.


Design

The Moorings 335 is a recreational
keelboat A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open w ...
, built predominantly of
fiberglass Fiberglass (American English) or fibreglass (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English) is a common type of fibre-reinforced plastic, fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber. The fibers may be randomly arranged, flattened i ...
. It has a fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type
rudder A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually air or water). On an airplane, the rudder is used primarily to counter adverse yaw ...
controlled by a
wheel A wheel is a rotating component (typically circular in shape) that is intended to turn on an axle Bearing (mechanical), bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the wheel and axle which is one of the Simple machine, six simple machin ...
and a fixed fin
keel The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element of a watercraft, important for stability. On some sailboats, it may have a fluid dynamics, hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose as well. The keel laying, laying of the keel is often ...
. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The design has a
hull speed Hull speed or displacement speed is the speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the waterline length of the vessel. As boat speed increases from rest, the wavelength of the bow wave increases, and usually its crest-to- ...
of .


See also

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List of sailing boat types The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghy, dinghies, and multihull (catamarans and trimarans). Olympic classes World Sailing Classes Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht ...
Related development * Hunter 33.5 * Hunter 333 * Moorings 295 Similar sailboats *
Abbott 33 The Abbott 33 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Jan Torben Larsen and Abbott Boats and first built in 1981. The Abbott 33 is a development of Larsen's SCAN-KAP 99 design, which was built in Denmark. Production The boat was built ...
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Alajuela 33 The Alajuela 33 is an American sailboat that was designed by Raymond Richards for cruising and first built in 1977.Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 300-301. Houghton Mifflin, 1994. ...
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C&C 3/4 Ton The C&C 3/4 Ton is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Robert W. Ball as an International Offshore Rule Three-Quarter Ton class racer and first built in 1974. The design was developed into the C&C 33-1 later in 1974, using the same hu ...
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C&C 33 The C&C 33 is a series of Canadian sailboats, that were designed by Robert W. Ball of C&C Design and first built in 1974. The C&C 33 Mark I is a development of the C&C 3/4 Ton, which was introduced earlier in 1974. Production The boat desi ...
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C&C 101 The C&C 101 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Tim Jackett and first built in 2012. The C&C 101 was developed into the Tartan 101, another Jackett design, in 2013. Production The boat was built by C&C Yachts in the United States ...
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C&C SR 33 The C&C SR 33 is a racing sailboat that was designed by Glenn Henderson and first built in 1992. Production The design was initially built by Henderson himself and he completed about two examples starting in 1992. The design and tooling was t ...
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CS 33 The CS 33 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Raymond Wall and first built in 1979. The design is out of production. Production The boat was built by CS Yachts in Canada between 1979 and 1987. The company built 450 examples of the des ...
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Endeavour 33 The Endeavour 33 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Bruce Kelley and first built in 1983. Production The design was built by Endeavour Yacht Corporation in the United States between 1983 and 1986, but it is now out of production. ...
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Hunter 33 The Hunter 33 is an American sailboat that was designed by John Cherubini and first built in 1977. The design was originally marketed by the manufacturer as the ''Hunter 33'', but is often confused with the 2004 Hunter 33-2004, which was also ...
* Hunter 33-2004 * Hunter 336 * Hunter 340 *
Marlow-Hunter 33 The Marlow-Hunter 33 (at the time of introduction called the Hunter E33) is an American sailboat that was designed by Glenn Henderson and the Hunter Design Team and first built in 2012. The Marlow-Hunter 33 is a development of the Hunter 33- ...
* Mirage 33 * Nonsuch 33 * Tanzer 10 * Viking 33 *
Watkins 33 The Watkins 33, also marketed as the Seawolf 33, is an American sailboat that was designed by William H. Tripp Jr and Watkins Yachts as a cruiser and first built in 1984. The Watkins 33 is a development of the Watkins 32, with a reverse trans ...


References

{{Hunter Marine Keelboats 1980s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat types built by Hunter Marine