Year 1969 Boat Weight 10,500 lb (4,763 kg) | No. Built 474 | |
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The Ranger 33 is an American sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull and first built in 1969. The design is out of production.
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Production
The boat was built by Ranger Yachts/Bangor Punta in the United States starting in 1969, with 474 examples completed by the time production ended in 1978.
Design
The Ranger 33 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 10,500 lb (4,763 kg) and carries 4,500 lb (2,041 kg) of lead ballast. The boat has a draft of 5.00 ft (1.52 m) with the standard keel.
The boat is fitted with a Universal Atomic 4 30 hp (22 kW) gasoline engine, although later during production a Universal diesel engine was also offered as an option. It has a 21 U.S. gallons (79 L; 17 imp gal) fuel tank and a 21 U.S. gallons (79 L; 17 imp gal) fresh water tank.
On earlier models tiller steering was standard with wheel steering optional, but wheel steering later became standard.
The boat has a hull speed of 6.87 kn (12.72 km/h).