SURPRISE 45
Masthead Ketch • Fin Keel • Built 1981
Dimensions
- LOA
- 45.93 ft
- LWL
- 35.58 ft
- Beam
- 13.42 ft
- Max Draft
- 6.42 ft
- Displacement
- 26,400 lbs
- Ballast
- 11,023 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 1.80 (offshore safe)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 16.6
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 262
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 41.8%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 919 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin Keel
- Rig Type
- Masthead Ketch
- Hull Material
- FRP
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1981
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Engine & Accommodations
- Engine Make
- Perkins
- Engine Model
- 4.108
- Power
- 51 hp
- Engine Type
- Diesel
- Water
- 170 gal
- Fuel
- 85 gal
- Mast Height
- 57.33 ft
- Headroom
- 6.33 ft
Notes: We're told the first boats were built in Aluminum in the Netherlands before a plug was made for fiberglass construction by Ta Yang in Taiwan.\nAlso available with a Peugeot 52 hp diesel.\n\nSpecification source: Sailboat Buyers' Guide. Compiled and edited by Alan Chappell, © 1983 by Sea Shore Publications.
Builder
- Ta Yang Yacht Building Co. Ltd. (1973–2020)