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Production 45-foot monohull aft-cockpit fiberglasscutter from Island Packet Yachts. Designed by Robert K. Johnson. Built in the USA. Produced from 2000. Winner of Cruising World's Best Full-Size Cruiser award for 2000.
Specifications for the Island Packet 420
| LOA |
44.6 ft.
| LOD |
44.6 ft.
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| LWL |
37.3 ft.
| Beam |
14.2 ft.
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| Draft |
4.8 ft.
| Displaces |
28,400 lbs.
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| Ballast |
12,700 lbs.
| Mast Height |
59.0 ft.
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| Sail Area |
1,088.0 sq. ft.
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| D/L |
244
| B/D |
45 %
| SA/D |
18.7
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| Comfort |
31.0
| Capsize |
1.86
| L/B |
3.1
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Account of a rough passage from Hattaras to Bermuda on a design "seen all over the world, from the Eastern Med to the South Pacific and Indian Oceans." A thorough test. Good photos in the print version, none on line.
[Blue Water Sailing, October 2000]
Cruising Boat of the Year - Full-size Cruisers
[Cruising World, March 2000]
Test and review of 45-foot composite aft-cockpit offshore cruising cutter designed by Bob Johnson. 4 pages with photos and plan.
[Cruising World, April 2000]
Builder of traditional-style Island Packet "full-foil keel" cruising boats. Site contains details, photos, and copies of original brochure for each model they have produced.
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