Thomas 35
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2021}}
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|designer = Graham & Schlageter
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|location = United States
|year = 1988
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|builder = Thomas Marine
Tartan Marine
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|draft = {{convert|6.83|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|9800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|35.42|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|30.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|11.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = Yanmar 3GM {{convert|27|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} diesel engine
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|4450|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = skeg-mounted/internally-mounted spade-type/transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|48.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|14.25|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|48.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|15.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop or masthead sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|360.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|342.00|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Thomas 35, also called the T-35, is an American sailboat that was designed by Graham & Schlageter as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1988.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/thomas-35|title= Thomas 35 sailboat |access-date= 15 December 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211215202036/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/thomas-35|archive-date= 15 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/designer/graham-schlageter|title= Graham & Schlageter 1975 - 1989|access-date= 15 December 2021|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211211222647/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/graham-schlageter|archive-date= 11 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/tartan/thomas-35|title= Thomas 35|access-date= 15 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211215202044/https://sailboat.guide/tartan/thomas-35|archive-date= 15 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/graham-schlageter|title= Graham & Schlageter|access-date= 15 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211202175237/https://sailboat.guide/graham-schlageter|archive-date= 2 December 2021|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was initially built by Thomas Marine of Arlington Heights, Illinois, starting in 1988 and later by Tartan Marine in Painesville, Ohio, United States, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/builder/tartan-marine|title= Tartan Marine|access-date= 15 December 2021|last= McArthur| first= Bruce |work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210505173950/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/tartan-marine|archive-date= 5 May 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/tartan|title= Tartan Marine|access-date= 15 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211215202048/https://sailboat.guide/tartan|archive-date= 15 December 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Thomas 35 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop, with some later production boats supplied with a masthead sloop rig instead. The hull has a raked stem, a reverse transom, transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|9800|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|4450|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast.
The boat has a draft of {{convert|6.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel.
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 3GM diesel engine of {{convert|27|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds {{convert|20|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|35|u.s.gal}}.
The design has sleeping accommodation for eight people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settee berths and two additional upper pilot berths in the main cabin and two aft cabins with a single berths. The galley is located on the port side at the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and includes a shower. Cabin headroom is {{convert|74|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.{{cite web|url= https://functionalhomesinc.app.box.com/s/mig29ri3co3grx6uismaes2d3awhq3k7|title= Boat of the Year|access-date= 15 December 2021|work= Sailing World|date= February 1990}}
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|7.4|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.