Meridian 9.5 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Hull type

Monohull · full

Rig

Ketch

LOA

30.58' · 9.32 m

Displ.

11,200 lbs · 5,080 kg

First year

1972

The Meridian 9.5 represents a sophisticated chapter in the history of Peter Webster Ltd., emerging from the renowned Ropewalk Boat Yard in Lymington during the early 1970s. While Peter Webster is perhaps best known for the Elizabethan range, the Meridian 9.5 was developed as a highspecification cruiserracer that utilized the same highperformance hull as the Elizabethan 31. Designed by the legendary David Thomas, the Meridian 9.5 was intended to bridge the gap between a competitive offshore racer and a comfortable family cruiser. It reflects the transition of the era, combining the robust, "overengineered" GRP construction standards of the 1960s with the more modern, scientifically derived hull shapes that David Thomas would later perfect in the Sigma and Sonata lines.