Spice Island Cutter
Description
The Spice Island Cutter is a charming, heavy-displacement wooden cruising cutter designed by renowned naval architect William Garden. It is also known as the Vashon Island Cutter. Only a small number were built (at least three in 1967 at the Y. Chen boatyard in Taiwan, with possible others as semi-custom or owner-built projects). The famous example Puffin (launched ~1967) has an impressive track record: multiple Pacific crossings, voyages to New Zealand (at least twice), South Pacific islands, and Alaska.
Construction Details
| Designer | William Garden |
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| Builder | Y. Chen Boatyard (Taiwan) |
| Length | 27.000 ft |
| LOA | 27.000 ft |
| LWL | 22.500 ft |
| Beam | 9.500 ft |
| Displacement | 12600 lb |
| Ballast | 4700 lb |
| Max Draft | 5.330 ft |
| Year Built | 1967 |
The standard boat dimensions
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Sails
Spice Island Cutter - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 32.5 ft - (9906 mm) |
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| Foot | 14.5 ft - (4420 mm) |
| Leech | 23.25 ft - (7087 mm) |
| Deck Angle | * 33.62 ° |
| Area | * 150.27 ft² |
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Spice Island Cutter - JIBSAIL
| Luff | 20.25 ft - (6172 mm) |
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| Foot | 13.83 ft - (4215 mm) |
| Leech | 18.25 ft - (5563 mm) |
| Length Perpendicular | * 12.14 ft - (3700 mm) |
| Area | * 122.92 ft² |
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Spice Island Cutter - GAFF MAIN
| Luff | 15.5 ft - (4724 mm) |
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| Foot | 11.67 ft - (3557 mm) |
| Leech | 24.25 ft - (7391 mm) |
| Tack Angle | * 86.06 ° |
| Diag (clew/throat) | 18.75 ft - (5715 mm) |
| Head | 11.5 ft - (3505 mm) |
| Area | * 194.84 ft² |
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Disclaimer. Boats are not all the same -- even when produced in the same factory of the same model. Sailrite does its best to publish accurate dimensions, but we often find it worthwhile to have our customers measure their boats carefully before we produce kits for them. You should take the same precautions, especially when the data is not from Sailrite. The information on this site is not guaranteed to be accurate. Sailrite offers this content as a service to our community, but takes no responsibility for the reliability of the data provided.
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