Abbott 33

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}}

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|designer = Jan Torben Larsen and Abbott Boats

|location = Canada

|year = 1980

|no built = 40

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|displacement = {{convert|6057|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

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|hull type = Monohull

|construction = Fibreglass

|loa = {{convert|33.29|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|lwl = {{convert|26.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|8.21|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|hull draft = {{convert|5.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = fin keel

|ballast = {{convert|3304|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}

|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder

|rigs = Fractional rigged sloop

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|I = {{convert|36.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|11.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea main = {{convert|224.55|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total = {{convert|431.55|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|phrf = 126 (average)

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The Abbott 33 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Jan Torben Larsen and Abbott Boats and first built in 1981.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/abbott-33|title = Abbott 33 sailboat specifications and details|access-date = 7 June 2020|last = Browning|first = Randy|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2017|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20220308190643/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/abbott-33|archivedate = 8 March 2022|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/829/abbott-33|title = Sailboat Specifications for Abbott 33|accessdate = 7 March 2017|work = Sailing Joy|author = InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170308141148/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/829/abbott-33|archive-date = 8 March 2017|url-status = dead}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/abbott/33|title= Abbott 33|access-date= 9 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220308190509/https://sailboat.guide/abbott/33|archive-date= 8 March 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/larsen-jan-torben|title= Jan Torben Larsen|access-date= 8 March 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200607134716/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/larsen-jan-torben|archive-date= 7 June 2020|url-status= live}}

The Abbott 33 is a development of Larsen's SCAN-KAP 99 design, which was built in Denmark.

Production

The boat was built by Abbott Boats in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The company built 40 examples starting in 1981, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/abbott-boats-inc|title= Abbott Boats Inc.|access-date= 8 March 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200607135123/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/abbott-boats-inc|archive-date= 7 June 2020|url-status= live}}

Design

File:Abbott 33 sailboat Mistigri 2396.jpg

The Abbott 33 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|6057|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|3304|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|5.42|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel. The boat is fitted with a fresh water tank with a capacity of {{convert|15|u.s.gal}}.

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 126 with a high of 132 and low of 120. It has a hull speed of {{convert|6.95|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.

See also

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