Carpenter 29 Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Fractional Sloop

LOA

29.25' · 8.92 m

Disp.

6,500 lbs · 2,948 kg

First year

1985

The Carpenter 29 is a celebrated fixture of the New Zealand yachting scene, designed by John Carpenter in the late 1970s as a highperformance cruiserracer. Emerging during an era when New Zealand designers were pushing the boundaries of lightdisplacement performance, the Carpenter 29 earned a reputation as a "pocket rocket" capable of shaming much larger vessels on the racecourse while remaining manageable for a couple to cruise. While the design is most prevalent in the Southern Hemisphere, its influence reached global audiences through its participation in various offshore shorthanded events. The vessel was typically offered as a production fiberglass hull, though many were finished by skilled amateur builders or small yards, leading to a high degree of variation in interior fitout and final displacement.