Pratique 35

Comfortable Interior
The interior arrangement provides a comfortable permanent home at sea or in port for a couple or small family while having additional berths for guests if required.

The aft settee is a comfortable watch position while sailing under self-steering, can be used as a single quarter berth or converts to a double by using the backrest as an infill panel. The double forward berth has a lee cloth on centreline but other berths further aft will be more comfortable in rough weather. Seperate sail stowage has been provided in the most uncomfortable part of the boat, giving more valuable space to better use.

The head, galley and navigation areas have all been positioned to be in areas of relatively low movement in the boat so as to ease life at sea and minimise the necessity of going forward in bad weather, all living functions being catered for in the afterpart of the boat. The rectangular bowl/hatch in the galley worktop is a standard plastic basin which lifts out to give access to the locker below and provides secure stowage to loose galley items while sailing.

Seaworthy in all respects
Clean decks combined with a cutter rig and a wide variety of reefing options make her an easily handled boat for a couple. Her underwater profile makes her directionally stable for self-steering yet manoeuvrable and she has the capability of standing on her keel and skeg to lean against a dock without falling on her nose. Her moderately heavy displacement makes her comfortable at sea while her freeboard keeps her dry on deck.

In all areas she is a comfortable, safe and capable long distance cruiser, with go-anywhere capability.

"The entire project from the time of our first discussions has been immensely satisfying, and this has been enhanced by your close cooperation and excellent drawings which leave absolutely nothing to be desired."

"The boat showed that she was well balanced, very powerful to windward with, I thought, just the right amount of buoyancy in the bows to minimise pounding and keep the spray from her crew - she is stiff enough to drive through rough conditions and yet be comfortable. Both on and off the wind she shows an excellent turn of speed."

Follow these links to print or download a material list for the steel hull and deck structure, a stability curve or a list of drawings.

LOA - 10.50m (34'5")

LWL 8.70m (28'7")

Beam 3.30m (10'10")

Draft 1.50m (4'11")

Displacement 8160kg (17985lb)

Ballast 2510kg (5532lb)

Area Waterplane 17.72sq.m (191sq.ft)

Immersion Rate 182kg/cm (1019lb/inch)

Wetted Surface 30.35sq.m (327sq.ft)

Fineness Coef 0.68

Block Coef 0.40

Prismatic Coef 0.55

Displacement/Length 345

Sail Area (Main + Fore-triangle) 61.07sq.m (657sq.ft)

Sail Area/Wetted Surface 2.01

Sail Area/Displ 14.9

Water Tankage 375 litres (103 US gal)

Fuel Tankage 250 litres (69 US gal)

Headroom in galley 1.90m (6'3")

Headroom at mast 1.77m (5'10")

Righting Moment @ 30 deg 3865 kgm (27956ft.lb)

Righting Moment @ 60 deg 5226 kgm (37800ft.lb)

Righting Moment @ 90 deg 4410 kgm (31898ft.lb)

Powering 20-30hp inboard diesel