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Countess 33

Brief details

Builder

Colvic moulded hulls and decks, various professional and amateur fit-outs

The Countess 33 was a 1980 Ian Anderson design for Colvic Craft, who moulded the hulls and decks, and sold them to both amateur builders and a number of boatyards, who finished them under their own names. The Minster 33 and Medway 33 were yard-built versions of the Countess 33 sold under other boatyard's own names. The boats are moderately heavy displacement.

LOA

33' 0"

Sail area

not known

LWL

28' 9"

Rig

sloop or ketch

Beam

11' 8"

Cabins

forecabin, saloon and aft cabin

Draught

5' 3" fin or 4' 6" B/K

Berths

5+

Displacement

14,900 lbs

Engine

various

Ballast

approx 5,000 to 6,000 lbs

BHP

typically 28 - 40

Keel type

Fin or twin bilge keels with encapsulated ballast and skeg-hung rudder

Aft of the chart table on the port side is the (quite low) passageway through to the aft cabin,
with a single passage berth outboard. The main engine access is off this passageway

Although exact layouts vary, the aft cabin normally has a trapezoid-shaped athwartships double berth, 48" wide, and over 8 feet long at the forward side, tapering to just over 5 ft at the aft end.

The aft cabin has an en-suite heads on the starboard side, and large lockers (not shown in the photos) to port

Above: Mizzen

Left: mainmast

Owners photo

Unlike the Countess 28, which has almost vertical bilge keels
for ease of moulding, the Countess 33 has well splayed keels