{{Short description|Sailboat class}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use American English|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox sailboat specifications |name = Watkins 33 |class_image = |line drawing = |line size = |line alt = |line caption = |image boat = |image size = |image alt = |image caption =
|designer = William H. Tripp Jr and Watkins Yachts |location = Canada United States |year = 1984 |no built = |design = |class = |brand = |builder = Watkins Yachts |role =
|boats = |crew = |trapeze = |draft = {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |air draft = |displacement = {{convert|11200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|hulls = |hull type = Monohull |construction = Fiberglass |loa = {{convert|33.08|ft|m|abbr=on}} |loh = |lwl = {{convert|26.58|ft|m|abbr=on}} |beam = {{convert|10.18|ft|m|abbr=on}} |hull draft = |hull weight = |engine = Yanmar diesel engine
|appendages = |keel type = fin keel |ballast = {{convert|5500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} |rudder type = skeg-mounted rudder
|rigs = |rig type = Bermuda rig |I = {{convert|38.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} |J = {{convert|13.75|ft|m|abbr=on}} |P = {{convert|33.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} |E = {{convert|12.25|ft|m|abbr=on}} |mast length = |rig other =
|sails = |sailplan = Masthead sloop |sailarea main = {{convert|202.13|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} |sailarea headsail = {{convert|266.41|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} |lp = |sailarea spin = |sailarea gen = |sails other = |sailarea upwind = |sailarea downwind = |sailarea total = {{convert|468.53|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|rating = |d-pn = |rya-pn = |phrf =
|status = |previous = Watkins 32 |successor = }}
The '''Watkins 33''', also marketed as the '''Seawolf 33''', is an American sailboat that was designed by William H. Tripp Jr and Watkins Yachts as a cruiser and first built in 1984.<ref name="Data">{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/watkins-33|title = Watkins 33 sailboat |accessdate = 2 October 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191002190103/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/watkins-33|archivedate =2 October 2019|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/seawolf-33|title =Seawolf 33 |accessdate = 2 October 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191002190047/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/seawolf-33|archivedate =2 October 2019|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/designer/tripp-jr-william-h|title = William H. Tripp Jr|accessdate = 2 October 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191002190036/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/tripp-jr-william-h|archivedate =2 October 2019|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Guide">{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/watkins/33|title= Watkins 33|access-date= 11 April 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220411132645/https://sailboat.guide/watkins/33|archive-date= 11 April 2022|url-status= live}}</ref>
The Watkins 33 is a development of the Watkins 32, with a reverse transom and a revised interior.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
==Production== The design was built by Watkins Yachts in the United States from 1984 until 1989, with 47 examples built, but it is now out of production.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/><ref>{{cite web|url =https://sailboatdata.com/builder/watkins-yachts|title = Watkins Yachts|accessdate = 2 October 2019|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2019|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191002190035/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/watkins-yachts|archivedate =2 October 2019|url-status= live}}</ref>
==Design== The Watkins 33 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|11200|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|5500|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.00|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard keel fitted.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine. The fuel tank holds {{convert|30|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|60|u.s.gal}}.<ref name="Data"/><ref name="Guide"/>
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|6.91|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Guide"/>
==Operational history== The boat is supported by an active class club, the ''Watkins Owners''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/association/watkins-owners|title= Watkins Owners|access-date = 22 March 2022|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220322180235/https://sailboatdata.com/association/watkins-owners|archive-date= 22 March 2022|url-status= live}}</ref>
==See also== *List of sailing boat types
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Watkins Yachts}}
Category:33-foot keelboats Category:1980s sailboat type designs Category:Sailing yachts Category:Sailboat type designs by William H. Tripp Jr. Category:Sailboat types built by Watkins Yachts