The Swiftsure 33 is a Dutch

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that was designed by

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and first built in 1959.

Production

The design was initially built by de Vries Lentsch and later by Royal Netherlands Aircraft, both in the

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, from 1959 until 1965, with 150 boats completed. It was imported into the

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by Seafarer Yachts.

Design

The Swiftsure 33 is a recreational

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, built predominantly of

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, with wood trim. It has a

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rig; a spooned,

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; a raised counter, angled

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; a

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-hung

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controlled by a

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and a modified, fixed, long keel, with a cutaway forefoot and a retractable

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. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the centerboard extended and with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water. The boat is fitted with a

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for docking and maneuvering. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of . The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double

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in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths and two pilot berths in the main cabin around a dining table. The

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is located on both sides of the

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ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink to port and an

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to starboard. The

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is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side and includes a sink. The design was built in two different models, the Swiftsure 33 and the Commodore Swiftsure, with different trim and slightly different displacements and ballast. The earlier boats built by deVries Lentch have a fixed main cabin table that is permanently fixed in place, with drop-leaves. The table has a vertical hollow steel tube running though the aft end, which houses the centerboard control cable. In the later Commodore Swiftsure model, mostly built by Royal Netherlands Aircraft, the table folds and stows away and the centerboard control cable is routed though the port cabin cabinets.The earlier boats have

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deck hardware, while the Commodore Swiftsure model has a mix of

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and

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hardware, with

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trim. The design has a

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of .

References

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* {{Seafarer Yachts Keelboats 1950s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by Philip Rhodes Sailboat types built by De Vries Lentsch Sailboat types built by Royal Netherlands Aircraft

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