Watkins 33

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.

The Watkins 33 is a development of the Watkins 32, with a reverse transom and a revised interior.

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.

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 11200 lb and carries 5500 lb of ballast.

The boat has a draft of 4.00 ft with the standard keel fitted.

The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar diesel engine. The fuel tank holds 30 u.s.gal and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 60 u.s.gal.

The design has a hull speed of 6.91 kn.

Operational history
The boat is supported by an active class club, the Watkins Owners.