The Laguna 33 is an American trailerable sailboat that was designed by

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as a

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and first built in 1986. The Laguna 33 is a development of the

Laguna 30 The Laguna 30 is an American sailboat that was designed by W. Shad Turner as a cruiser and first built in 1983. The Laguna 30 design was developed into the Laguna 33 in 1986, with the addition of a reverse transom. Production The design wa ...

with the addition of a reverse transom. It was later developed into the Classic 33 in 1995.

Production

The design was built by

Laguna Yachts Laguna Yachts was an American boat builder based in Stanton, California. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of fiberglass sailboats. The company was founded by Bill Downing in 1973. History The first designs produced were t ...

in the United States, starting in 1986, but the company went out of business the same year and it is now out of production.

Design

The Laguna 33 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

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and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. The boat is fitted with a Universal diesel engine of for docking and maneuvering. The design has the interior lay-out as the Laguna 30, with sleeping accommodation for seven people, with a double

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in the bow cabin, an U-shaped settee around a drop-down dinette table and a straight settee in the main cabin, plus an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side. The

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is located on the port side at the companionway ladder. The galley is U-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a double sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The

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is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side. Cabin headroom is . The fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has a hull speed of .

References

{{Laguna Yachts Keelboats 1980s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by W. Shad Turner Sailboat types built by Laguna Yachts

Production

Design

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