Island Packet 350

About the Island Packet 350

Researched from public sources for this model. Any individual boat may have been modified or repowered — confirm before relying on any figure.

Built

1997–2004

Builder

Island Packet Yachts (Largo, Florida)

Designer

Robert K. (Bob) Johnson

Length

34.67 ft

Waterline

29.33 ft

Beam

12 ft

Draft

4.25 ft

Displacement

16,000 lb

Ballast

7,500 lb

Hull / keel

full keel

Rig

cutter

Propulsion

inboard

Fuel

50 gal

Water

100 gal

Bow thruster

common retrofit

Stern thruster

none

Hull length (LOD) 34.67 ft; 36.83 ft overall including bowsprit (sailboatdata lists both). A UK owner reported their 350 had no bow thruster.

Known problems for this model

• Encapsulated stainless chainplates (crevice/stress corrosion) rigging
  Chainplates are glassed into the hull/caprail area where corrosion cannot be seen; boats before the 1996 model year used 304 stainless, which the former factory staffer running IP Ancestry says lasts roughly 20-25 years. A specialist yard reported most IP chainplates it replaced were failed or near failure, so plan on inspection or replacement (early hulls 304L until the 1999 model year switch to 316/316L).
  island-packet-ancestry.com · forums.ybw.com
• Full keel with prop in aperture - poor control astern hull
  Owners and reviewers note the full-keel boats back up unpredictably; many owners add a bow thruster.
  practical-sailor.com · forums.ybw.com

Other Island Packet models

• Island Packet 27 1984–1992
• Island Packet 31 1983–1989
• Island Packet 32 1990–1996
• Island Packet 35 1988–1994
• Island Packet 38 1986–1993
• Island Packet 40 1994–2000