| Cooper 353 | |
| Designer: | Stan Huntingford |
| Location: | Canada |
| Year: | 1979 |
| Builder: | Cooper Enterprises |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 5.75feet |
| Displacement: | 130000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fibreglass |
| Loa: | 35feet |
| Lwl: | 28.5feet |
| Beam: | 12feet |
| Engine: | inboard motor |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 47000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | skeg-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 45.5feet |
| J: | 15feet |
| P: | 40feet |
| E: | 11feet |
| Sailplan: | masthead sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 220square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 341.25square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 561.25square feet |
| Successor: | US Yachts US 35 & Cooper 367 |
The Cooper 353 is a Canadian sailboat that was designed by Stan Huntingford as a cruiser and first built in 1979.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was later developed into the US Yachts US 35 after Bayliner purchased the moulds for the boat.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The design was built by Cooper Enterprises in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, starting in 1979, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [7] [8]
The Cooper 353 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig; a raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 130000NaN0 and carries 47000NaN0 of ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 5.75feet with the standard keel fitted.[1] [2]
The boat is fitted with an inboard engine with a saildrive for docking and manoeuvring.[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for five people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, a U-shaped settee around a drop-down dinette table and a straight settee in the main cabin. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the starboard side.[1] [2]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.[1] [2]
The design has a hull speed of 7.15kn.[2]
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