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Tartan 33

sailboat class

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ48851933 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Tartan 33 is a recreational keelboat. About 220 were built by Tartan Marine in the United States between 1979 and 1984.

Designed by Sparkman & Stephens, it has a Scheel keel and a fractional rig, and performance is similar to other boats of its type. Its mainsail is slightly over 300 square feet. The cockpit is better for cruising than racing, given its size. It has a hull speed of 7.19 kn (13.32 km/h).

In the cabin, the V-berth is separated from the main cabin by the head, which includes a shower. A large double quarterberth is found aft of the nav station.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Tartan 33” is sailboat class. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Tartan, sailboat and class, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 1984—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979. For this dossier, Tartan, sailboat and class is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “sailboat class” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q48851933. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1979 and 1984.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tartan 33” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.