Pearson Wanderer
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The Pearson Wanderer is a sailboat designed by Bill Shaw and manufactured by Pearson Yachts (Grumman Allied Industries) between 1966 and 1971.
Description
The Wanderer model is a shoal-draft keel sailboat with a swing-keel designed for cruising. Draft is 3.5 feet with the centerboard up and 6.8 feet with the board down. The hull is made of solid fiberglass, the boat measures 30' in overall length, 9'3" maximum width (beam), 23 ft LWL, and displaces approximately 9800 pounds. The Wanderer is a masthead sloop rig with a deck-stepped mast.
The Wanderer is similar to other Pearson boats of the era; for example, the Coaster, which has a full keel but is otherwise identical, and the Vanguard. There were approximately 177 Wanderers built.
The Wanderer came in two different cabin configurations. One with the galley under the companionway and one with it on starboard side of the cabin. Both configurations came with a head and forward V-berth. The Wanderer also came with a Universal Atomic 4 gas engine.
Construction
Because fiberglass was still relatively new as a boat building material, the hulls of these boats were fairly thick and are quite durable. As the hulls were built by hand, there is some variation in the construction, even within models. One example of this is the presence of "keel voids". Not all have similar voids, nor do they contain the same filler material.
