Pearson 303

The Pearson 303 is an American sailboat that was designed by William Shaw as a cruiser and built between 1983 and 1986. The company completed more than 300 examples of the design during the four year production run.

The Pearson 303 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass with a balsa core and with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel, with an emergency back-up tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 10,100 lb (4,581 kg) and carries 3,500 lb (1,588 kg) of lead ballast.

The boat has a draft of 4.33 ft (1.32 m) with the standard keel fitted. It has 75 in (190 cm) of headroom, below decks. The boat is fitted with a Japanese Yanmar 3GM(F) diesel engine of 13 hp (10 kW). The fuel tank holds 22 U.S. gallons (83 L; 18 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 38 U.S. gallons (140 L; 32 imp gal).

The boat's galley is located on the port side of the cabin and includes a sink, a two-burner alcohol stove and a 5.0 ft (1.5 m) icebox. Hot and cold running pressure water was a factory option. The cabin sole is made from teak and holly. The head has a privacy door and is located forward, just aft of the bow "V"-berth. Additional sleeping space is provided by the dinette settee, which has a folding table and the aft quarter berth which is a double. The total sleeping accommodation is for six people.

Ventilation is provided by eight opening cabin ports, plus two opening translucent hatches, one in the bow cabin and one in the main cabin. The boat has internal jiffy-reefing. The cockpit has two genoa winches and two winches for the halyards. The mainsheet traveler is mounted on the bridge deck and the genoa has sheet tracks.

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