Peterson forum

[CPKee]

I used to race a Peterson 33 in Cape Town South Africa, we had about 8 of them sailing in our fleet. Most were cruiser racers, the one I sailed was a stripped out racing machine - they were really fast for their time late 70's early 80's - the boats were all named after peppers - Black Pepper, Red Pepper, Green Pepper, Paprika and then the odd one out - French Connection.
I am currently based in Tanzania where there is a Peterson 33 that the chap used to race and cruise - he sails it 2 up, 1 up etc.
Nice boat for 2 people to cruise, but quite cramped with more

[nagdog]

Sweet Surrender, I read on your blog that you didn't buy the Peterson due to a bad engine. Was there anything else that was a dealbreaker?

[kriskierce]

i need some informatin on my boat that i bought this summer here on lake tahoe i have looked everywhere online and cant fing much of anything about my boat.

[Faster]

A Doug Peterson designed 33 footer was produced by Chaser Yachts for a time around then, also quite a few were built in Korea as well. US yachts built a modified version as a US 33 after purchasing molds from Chaser.

Typical IOR influenced design from that era, not a bad value for the dollar as a rule, but not as roomy as more modern designs, esp in the cockpit area.

[St Anna]

There is a Peterson website for the 44's and 46's. Someone there may know more about other peterson designs Peterson Cutter Website - Welcome

[Faster]

Originally Posted by St Anna

There is a Peterson website for the 44's and 46's. Someone there may know more about other peterson designs Peterson Cutter Website - Welcome

Anna, if these are the Kelly Peterson 44/46s, then we're talking about an entirely different breed....

[St Anna]

Originally Posted by Faster

Anna, if these are the Kelly Peterson 44/46s, then we're talking about an entirely different breed....

Quite correct Faster. SOmeone on this site would know about everything Doug designed. Just a thought.

[catamount]

Doug Peterson designed a lot of boats. However, many of them were one-off custom racers or were only produced in small numbers by a large number of different builders. I think one of the more popular ones was the Peterson 34, of which there were less than 100 built. Unfortunately, these relatively small numbers don't lend themselves to a dedicated Peterson discussion forum.

Disclaimer: my boat is a Peterson 34, and my own website is one of the only places I've seen yet with much information on these boats.

http://sailing.thorpeallen.net/Greyh...tml#Peterson34