Friendship 33 Sailboats for Sale

Drawing Diagram

Builder drawing

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Fractional Sloop

LOA

32.8' · 10 m

Disp.

9,480 lbs · 4,300 kg

First year

1985

The Friendship 33, a quintessential Dutch cruiser, was introduced in the mid1980s as a sophisticated evolution of the shipyard’s earlier success with smaller coastal vessels. Designed by the renowned naval architect Koos de Ridder, who was responsible for many of the brand’s most enduring hull shapes, the 33 was positioned as a highquality, midsized family cruiser capable of handling the demanding, shortperiod chop of the North Sea and the IJsselmeer. Built by the Meijer family’s shipyard in Balk, Netherlands, the yacht is characterized by a relatively high ballast ratio and a robust fiberglass layup, which provided a sense of security and stiffness that distinguished it from many of its massproduced French and German contemporaries of the era.