Alajuela 33

It has a cutter rig, with aluminum spars, a spooned raked stem, a canoe transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a wheel or a tiller and a fixed fin keel.

[1] The boat is fitted with a Japanese Isuzu Pisces diesel engine of 27 hp (20 kW) for docking and maneuvering.

The galley is located on the starboard side, amidships and includes a three-burner propane-fired stove, plus an oven.

The head is located amidships, on the port side, dividing the cabin into two areas, with the navigation station aft.

[3] In a 1994 review Richard Sherwood wrote, "there is a long keel for tracking, and the forefoot is cut away for turning.