A Bit About The Boat

Today I decided to add a new page to the website with information about the boat itself.

There have been many tours where one or more of our guests are avid sailors and I spend my time listening to Captain Chris explain the stats and vagaries of The Reliant.

I personally do not find much excitement in stats like water displacement or beam width, but it seems that plenty of people do… SO…

I am going to vagrantly plagiarize from some very informative websites that I discovered.

All credit for the following information and images go to sailboatdata.com and bluewaterboats.org collectively.

The Reliant is a Pearson 35 built way back in the 70’s (as I was). I was surprised to note that even after all this time, and the fact that production of this particular make and model of boat stopped in 1982, it is a well-known and popular boat.

Between 1968 and 1982 over 500 of this particular style of boat was produced .

Here are the Specs, as given by bluewaterboats.org…

Specifications

LOA: 35′ 0″
LWL: 25′ 0″
Beam: 10′ 0″
Draft: 3′ 9″ / 7′ 6″
Displacement: 13,000 lbs
Ballast: 5,400 lbs
Sail Area: 550 sq. ft.

Fuel: 42 US. Gal.
Water: 130 US. Gal.

Designer: William H. Shaw
Year Introduced: 1968
Year Ended: 1982
Builder: Pearson Yachts (Rhode Island, USA)

These schematics aren’t exactly the same as The Reliant thanks to a few layout modifications within the company over the course of production as well as modifications made by the previous owner….but overall they are quite good.