Express 35
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Express 35
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|image boat = File:Express 35 sailboat Failte 2739.jpg
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|designer = Steve Killing
|location = Canada
|year = 1984
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|builder = Goman Boat Limited Express Yachts
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|draft = {{convert|6.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|11500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|35.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|29.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|11.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Inboard motor
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|5300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|49.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|14.80|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|43.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|13.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = Masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|293.63|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|362.60|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Express 35 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by Steve Killing and first built in 1984.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/express-35-killing|title = Express 35 (Killing) sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 24 July 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200617073241/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/express-35-killing|archive-date= 17 June 2020|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/killing-steve|title = Steve Killing|accessdate = 24 July 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211025131105/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/killing-steve|archive-date= 25 October 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/goman/express-35-killing|title= Express 35|access-date= 27 March 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220327132229/https://sailboat.guide/goman/express-35-killing|archive-date= 27 March 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Goman Boat Limited in Midland, Ontario Canada and later by Express Yachts in the same Midland Ontario facility, after the two companies merged. Goman Boat Limited was founded by two former C&C Yachts employees, Bill Goman and Steve Killing.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/goman-boat-ltd-can|title =Goman Boat Ltd. (CAN) 1981-1985 |accessdate = 24 July 2018|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200617024931/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/goman-boat-ltd-can|archive-date= 17 June 2020|url-status= live}}
Design
The Express 35 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|11500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|5300|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|6.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel and {{convert|5.40|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the optional shoal draft keel. The boat is fitted with an inboard engine.{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/2014/express-35-sd-goman|title = Sailboat Specifications for Goman Express 35 SD |accessdate = 24 July 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180724213324/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/2014/express-35-sd-goman|archive-date= 24 July 2018|url-status= live}}
A tall mast version was also produced, with a mast about {{convert|1.8|ft|m|abbr=on}} higher than standard.{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/2174/express-35-tm-goman|title = Sailboat Specifications for Goman Express 35 TM |accessdate = 24 July 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180724213326/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/2174/express-35-tm-goman|archive-date= 24 July 2018|url-status= live}}
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|7.22|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/2015/express-35-goman|title = Sailboat Specifications for Goman Express 35 |accessdate = 24 July 2018|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180724213311/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/2015/express-35-goman|archive-date= 24 July 2018|url-status= live}}
See also
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