Overview
The Endurance 35 is a Peter Ibold design from 1969, built by several yards including Windboats and Dekleer Brothers, and later Belliure in Spain. Many were sold as kits and finished by their owners.
Design and Construction
sailboatdata.com lists a long keel with 7,716 lb of lead ballast in an 18,607 lb displacement, 35.27 ft overall on a 26.64 ft waterline, 11 ft of beam and 5 ft of draft. The staysail ketch carries about 736 sq ft; some boats were rigged as cutters. Yachtsnet’s archive describes the GRP hull of a Canadian-built example as extremely heavily laid up, with an imitation planking finish above the waterline. Endurance 35s were also built in steel and ferrocement, and the same archive credits Windboats of England with well-built ferro versions. Hulls came from Belliure in Spain, Stratimar in France, and De Kleer and Spencer Yachts in Canada, and Yachtsnet notes some boats measure 37 or 38 feet on deck.
Buyers Notes
John Neal rates it 1 of 5. Because builders and owner finishers varied so much, each boat needs to be surveyed as a one-off (see Known Issues).
Yachtsnet’s archive describes a De Kleer-built boat as a classic heavyweight offshore cruising yacht, with the design accent firmly on seakeeping ability. Below, that boat has a dinette that converts to a double berth, the galley and chart table to port, and the engines installed under the saloon cabin sole. Interior layouts vary with the builder.
