DOWNEASTER 45
Staysail Ketch • Long Keel • Built 1976–1981
Dimensions
- LOA
- 45 ft
- LWL
- 35.75 ft
- Beam
- 14 ft
- Max Draft
- 5.92 ft
- Displacement
- 39,000 lbs
- Ballast
- 12,000 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.65 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 15.9
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 381
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 30.8%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 1145 sq ft
- I
- 53.75 ft
- J
- 21.5 ft
- P
- 46 ft
- E
- 17 ft
- PY
- 32 ft
- EY
- 11 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Long Keel
- Rig Type
- Staysail Ketch
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1976
- Last Built
- 1981
- Number Built
- 29
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Perkins
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 324 gal
- Fuel
- 282 gal
Notes:
Available as a Ketch or Schooner (3).
Builder
- Down East Yachts Inc. (1974–1983)