Island Packet 35
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
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{{Use American English|date=June 2019}}
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|name = Island Packet 35
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|designer = Robert K. Johnson
|location = United States
|year = 1988
|no built = 178
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|builder = Island Packet Yachts
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|4.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|17500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|35.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|30.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|12.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Yanmar {{convert|35|or|38|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = long keel
|ballast = {{convert|8000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = keel-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|44.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|17.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|37.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|14.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = Cutter rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|262.50|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|376.81|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Island Packet 35 is an American sailboat that was designed by Robert K. Johnson as a cruiser and first built in 1988.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/island-packet-35|title = Island Packet 35 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 26 June 2019|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190604205329/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/island-packet-35|archivedate =4 June 2019}}{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/johnson-robert-k|title = Robert K. Johnson|accessdate = 26 June 2019|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190604205327/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/johnson-robert-k|archivedate =4 June 2019}}Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 320-321. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. {{ISBN|0-395-65239-1}}
Production
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.{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/island-packet-yachts|title = Island Packet Yachts|accessdate = 26 June 2019|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190604205321/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/island-packet-yachts|archivedate =4 June 2019}}
Design
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 {{convert|17500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|8000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast. The design features a platform-type bowsprit.
The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of {{convert|4.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}, while the centerboard-equipped version has a draft of {{convert|7.2|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|3.7|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine of {{convert|35|or|38|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. The fuel tank holds {{convert|48|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|90|u.s.gal}}.
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 {{convert|12|cuft|m3|abbr=on}} 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.
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.
The cockpit has pedestal-mounted wheel steering, a coldwater shower and a separate icebox.
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.
Operational history
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."{{cite web|url = https://www.boats.com/reviews/perry-design-review-island-packet-35/|title = Perry Design Review: Island Packet 35|accessdate = 26 June 2019|last=Perry |first=Robert |work = Boats.com|date = 25 August 2000|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20180620101020/http://www.boats.com/reviews/perry-design-review-island-packet-35/|archivedate =20 June 2018}}
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."{{cite web|url = https://www.spinsheet.com/boat-reviews/island-packet-35-boat-review|title = Island Packet 35 Boat Review|accessdate = 26 June 2019|work = Spinsheet|date = 29 March 2017|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20190626235742/https://www.spinsheet.com/boat-reviews/island-packet-35-boat-review|archivedate =26 June 2019}}