{{Short description|Sailboat class}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use American English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox sailboat specifications |name = Arco 33 |class_image = |line drawing = |line size = |line alt = |line caption = |image boat = |image size = |image alt = |image caption =
|designer = Wirth Munroe |location = United States |year = 1958 |no built = 15 |design = |class = |brand = |builder = Crystaliners Corporation (Glassco Inc.) |role =
|boats = |crew = |trapeze = |draft = {{convert|6.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centerboard down |air draft = |displacement = {{convert|12000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|hulls = |hull type = Monohull |construction = Fiberglass |loa = {{convert|33.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |loh = |lwl = {{convert|23.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} |beam = {{convert|9.83|ft|m|abbr=on}} |hull draft = |hull weight = |engine = Palmer H-60 {{convert|22|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} gasoline engine
|appendages = |keel type = stub keel with centerboard |ballast = |rudder type = keel-mounted rudder
|rigs = |rig type = Bermuda rig |I = |J = |P = |E = |mast length = |rig other =
|sails = |sailplan = Fractional rigged sloop Masthead sloop |sailarea main = |sailarea headsail = |lp = |sailarea spin = |sailarea gen = |sails other = |sailarea upwind = |sailarea downwind = |sailarea total = {{convert|550|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The '''Arco 33''' is an American sailboat that was designed by Wirth Munroe as a cruiser and first built in 1958. The design is noted as one of the first fiberglass production sailboats of its size built.<ref name="Data">{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/arco-33|title = Arco 33 sailboat |access-date = 2 December 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20181125231724/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/arco-33|archivedate =25 November 2018|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/munroe-wirth|title = Wirth Munroe 1902-1968 |access-date = 2 December 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archive-url= https://archive.today/20200817175701/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/munroe-wirth|archive-date= 17 August 2020|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Guide">{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/arco-33|title= Arco 33|access-date= 12 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220412150007/https://sailboat.guide/arco-33|archive-date= 12 April 2022|url-status= live}}</ref>
==Production== The design was built by Crystaliners Corporation (Glassco Inc.) in Miami, Florida, United States. The company completed 15 boats starting in 1958, but it is now out of production.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
The Arco 33 molds were later sold to Columbia Yachts and the design was developed into the Columbia 33 Caribbean in 1963.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/><ref>{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/columbia-33-caribbean|title = Columbia 33 Caribbean sailboat |access-date = 2 December 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20181125231742/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/columbia-33-caribbean|archivedate =25 November 2018|url-status= live}}</ref>
==Design== The Arco 33 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig or optional yawl rig with the addition of a mizzen mast. Features include a spooned raked stem, a raised counter transom, a keel-mounted rudder and a fixed stub keel with a retractable centerboard. It displaces {{convert|12000|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
The boat has a draft of {{convert|6.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centreboard extended and {{convert|3.50|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
The boat is fitted with a Palmer H-60 {{convert|22|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} gasoline engine for docking and maneuvering.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.46|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Guide"/> <!-- ==Operational history== -->
==See also== *List of sailing boat types
'''Related development''' *Columbia 33 Caribbean
'''Similar sailboats''' *Abbott 33 *Alajuela 33 *C&C 33 *Cape Dory 33 *Cape Dory 330 *CS 33 *Endeavour 33 *Hans Christian 33 *Hunter 33 *Hunter 33.5 *Mirage 33 *Nonsuch 33 *Tanzer 10 *Viking 33 *Watkins 33
==References== {{Reflist}}
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