Maxi 108 Sailboat Review, Specs, and Listings

Pelle Petterson·1979 – 1984·~200 hulls·Maxi Yachts

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Hull Type: Monohull · fin
Rig: Masthead Sloop
LOA: 35.27' · 10.75 m
Disp.: 14,330 lbs · 6,500 kg
First year: 1979

The Maxi 108 is a 35foot masthead sloop drawn by Swedish naval architect Pelle Petterson in the late 1970s and built by the Swedish yard Mölnlycke AB, with additional examples completed at other yards. Two hundred were produced during a run that began in 1979 and ended in 1984. Petterson, who shaped the Maxi marque from its 1971 inception, gave the 108 a moderateracer profile that still reads as a practical cruiser's hull.

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Measurements

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Dimensions 01

Length Overall: 35.27 ft
Length on deck: —
Waterline Length: 29.92 ft
Beam: 11.15 ft
Draft: 5.74 ft
Maximum Headroom: —
Air Draft: 51.84 ft

Construction & hull 02

Construction: Fiberglass
Hull Type: Monohull
Keel Type: Fin
Rudder: 1× Spade
Ballast: 5,512 lbs (Lead)
Displacement: 14,330 lbs
Water Capacity: 53 gal
Fuel Capacity: 32 gal

Rig & sails 03

Rigging Type: Masthead Sloop
Mainsail luff: 41.1 ft
Mainsail foot: 13 ft
Foretriangle height: 47.5 ft
Foretriangle base: 14.4 ft
Forestay Length (estimated): 49.63 ft
Sail Area: 609 sqft

Calculations 04

Sail Area to Displacement Ratio: 16.51
Ballast to Displacement Ratio: 38.46
Displacement to Length Ratio: 238.84
Comfort Ratio: 28.3
Capsize Screening Ratio: 1.84
Hull Speed: 7.33 kn

Design and Construction

Both hull and deck are fiberglass, and the deck uses a sandwich laminate that the original review credits with improving the interior climate anchor. The hull is solid glass rather than cored. Two iron fin-keel versions were offered: one drawing 1.84 to 1.94 meters (6.04 to 6.34 feet) depending on load, which limits the boat to major marinas, and a slightly shallower iron fin drawing 1.75 to 1.85 meters (5.74 to 6.04 feet) that lets her into most marinas. The 108 carries a 38 percent ballast ratio and a length-to-beam ratio of 3.16, with a displacement-length ratio of 239 that places her among moderate racers. Her wetted surface runs about 36 square meters (387 square feet).

Rig and Performance

The 108 is a masthead sloop. Her sail-area-to-displacement ratio is 16.3 with the ISO reference sail and 19.4 with a 135 percent genoa, and she carries more rig than 54 percent of comparable sailboats, a figure the review reads as slightly overrigged. Under the Volvo Penta MD11C diesel with saildrive, the boat makes 8.0 knots under power, while her theoretical displacement hull speed is 7.3 knots. The capsize screening value is 1.84 and the Motion Comfort Ratio is 28.1, with an immersion rate near 207 kg per centimeter (1,163 pounds per inch).

Accommodations

The interior is teak, consistent with period Swedish production cruisers. The review establishes the material and the architect but does not itemize berth counts or cabin plan variations for this model.

The Verdict

Petterson's late-seventies design delivers a moderately raced, slightly overrigged 35-footer with a climate-minded sandwich deck and two iron fin-keel drafts to suit different cruising grounds. The known facts describe a straightforward fiberglass cruiser-racer rather than a complex or fragile platform.

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