| Island Packet 35 | |
| Designer: | Robert K. Johnson |
| Location: | United States |
| Year: | 1988 |
| No Built: | 178 |
| Builder: | Island Packet Yachts |
| Role: | Cruiser |
| Draft: | 4.5feet |
| Displacement: | 175000NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 35.33feet |
| Lwl: | 30feet |
| Beam: | 12feet |
| Engine: | Yanmar 35or diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | long keel |
| Ballast: | 80000NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | keel-mounted rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 44.33feet |
| J: | 17feet |
| P: | 37.5feet |
| E: | 14feet |
| Sailplan: | Cutter rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 262.5square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 376.81square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 639.31square feet |
The Island Packet 35 is an American sailboat that was designed by Robert K. Johnson as a cruiser and first built in 1988.[1] [2] [3]
The design was built by Island Packet Yachts in the United States, with 178 examples completed between 1988 and 1994. It is now out of production.[1] [3] [4]
The Island Packet 35 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a cutter rig with anodized aluminum spars, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a keel-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed long keel or optional long keel with a centerboard. It displaces 175000NaN0 and carries 80000NaN0 of ballast. The design features a platform-type bowsprit.[1] [3]
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of 4.5feet, while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of 7.2feet with the centerboard extended and 3.7feet with it retracted.[1]
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of 35or. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1]
The galley is located on the starboard side and includes a three-burner gimballed liquid petroleum gas stove and oven, a double sink with pressurized hot and cold water and 12cuft icebox. The head is located forward, just aft of the "V"-berth in the bow. Additional sleeping accommodation is provided by an aft private cabin with a double berth, plus the main saloon settees which convert to a single berth on the starboard side and a double on the port, for a total sleeping space for seven people. A navigation station is located on the port side of the cabin. The interior trim is teak with a holly cabin sole.[3]
Ventilation is provided by two opening ports and an overhead hatch in the aft cabin, a hatch and two opening ports in the bow cabin and a hatch and more opening ports in the main cabin.[3]
The cockpit has pedestal-mounted wheel steering, a coldwater shower and a separate icebox.[3]
The jib and boom-mounted staysail have furling systems, while the mainsail has a single-line reefing system. The mainsail is mid-boom sheeted to the cabin roof and has a mainsheet traveler. There are two mast-mounted halyard winches and two cockpit jib winches. The design features double backstays and an adjustable topping lift.[3]
In a review in 2000, yacht designer Robert Perry praised the style of the Island Packet 35 and wrote, "the Island Packet combines contemporary hull design with the forgiveness of a long keel to give the owner an easily handled yacht that takes care of itself with little helm assist. This is what a long keel boat should do."[5]
A 2017 review in the Spinsheet said, "I would characterize this design as a conservative, traditional cruiser that is likely to appeal to sailors more interested in comfort than speed made good to weather. The design has quite high freeboard and a high cabin trunk, but these features are disguised by a beautifully drawn sweeping sheerline and bowsprit, which make the boat look longer and lower than it really is ... For coastal cruising and livability aboard a 35-footer, this model has a lot to offer, and the prices reflect Island Packet’s popularity and reputation for solid construction."[6]
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