Witness 35 vs Broadblue 346
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On the numbers
Next to the Witness 35, the Broadblue 346 is 0.4 m shorter and 8% lighter. The Witness 35 has the higher Capsize screening (3.01, above the guideline), the Broadblue 346 the lower (2.90, above the guideline).
Witness 35
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Broadblue 346
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| General | ||
| Builder | Witness Catamarans | Broadblue Catamarans |
| Designer | Lock Crowther | Dazcat Design |
| Hull type | Catamaran Twin Cbrd. | Catamaran |
| Rigging | Masthead Sloop | – |
| Construction | FG | – |
| First built | 1981 | – |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length overall | 10.57 m ▲ | 10.20 m ▼ |
| Waterline length | 9.22 m | – |
| Beam | 5.18 m ▲ | 4.85 m ▼ |
| Draft (max) | 0.66 m ▼ | 1.01 m ▲ |
| Draft (min) | 0.66 m | – |
| Weight & ballast | ||
| Displacement | 5,216 kg ▲ | 4,800 kg ▼ |
| Sail plan | ||
| Sail area | – | 47.00 m² |
| Mainsail | – | 28.00 m² |
| Foresail | – | 19.00 m² |
| Engine & tanks | ||
| Engine make | Nani | – |
| Engine power | 13 HP | – |
| Fuel | – | 200 L |
| Water | – | 500 L |
| Ratios | ||
| D/L | 185 | – |
| Comfort ratio | 12.9 lightweight racing | – |
| Capsize screening | 3.01 ▲ above the guideline | 2.90 ▼ above the guideline |
| Hull speed | 7.37 kn | – |
| KSP | 0.64 | – |
▲ highest and ▼ lowest value in each row. Ratio bands as on the yacht pages; – means the value is not in the catalogue.