Truant 33 Sailboats for Sale

Hull Type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Masthead Sloop

LOA

33' · 10.06 m

Disp.

13,500 lbs · 6,123 kg

First year

1977

In 1977, on the shores of Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Truant Marine launched a vessel designed specifically to conquer the cold, demanding, and often damp conditions of the Pacific Northwest. Drawn by legendary naval architect William Garden as his design number 611, the Truant 33 was conceived as an uncompromising, smallscale passagemaker. Garden, renowned for his traditional aesthetic sensibilities and seaworthy hull forms, integrated a functional pilothouse into a 33foot envelope without sacrificing the boat's classic lines—characterized by a prominent bow, a highly flared sheerline, and a graceful canoe stern. After Truant Marine produced approximately 30 hulls, the molds were sold to Saturna Yachts in 1981, which marketed the vessel as the Saturna 33. Production eventually migrated to the respected halls of Wiggers Custom Yachts in Ontario, cementing this design’s reputation as a highquality Canadian classic built to withstand both oceanic swells and Great Lakes chop.