Archambault & BG Race Surprise Swing keel
Sailboat
25′ 1″
Monohull
Since 1977
Overview
- Builder
- Archambault & BG Race
- Model
- Surprise Swing keel
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1977 on
- Designer
- Joubert Nivelt Design
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): - Hull: Single skin fiberg
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 25′ 1″ (7.64 m)
- Waterline length
- 21′ 8″ (6.61 m)
- Beam
- 8′ 1″ (2.46 m)
- Draft
- 5′ 2″ (1.58 m)
- Draft, board or keel up
- 2′ 7″ (0.79 m)
- Displacement
- 2,976 lb (1,350 kg)
- Ballast
- 1,323 lb (600 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- Outboard engine
- Power
- 10 hp
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 328 sq ft (30.5 m²)
Accommodation
- Berths
- 4
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 25.4
- Displacement / length
- 131
- Ballast ratio
- 44%
- Capsize screening
- 2.25
Power from the sails for the boat's weight. Under 16 is modest, 16–20 a typical cruiser, over 20 lively.
How heavy the boat is for its waterline. Under 200 is light, 200–300 moderate, over 300 heavy.
Share of the weight that is ballast. Higher generally means stiffer in a breeze.
Under 2 is generally considered better for offshore use.
More details
- Appendages
- Lifting keel : swing keel
- Ballast ratio
- 44 %
- Ballast type
- Cast iron
- Cockpit
- Closed aft cockpit
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): - Hull: Single skin fiberglass polyester - Deck: Sandwich balsa fiberglass polyester
- Country
- France
- EC design category
- C
- Former French navigation category
- 3
- French customs tonnage
- 3.49 Tx
- Genoa area
- 151 ft²
- HN (French rating)
- 19.5
- Helm
- Single tiller
- IOR rating
- 23.6
- Jib area
- 108 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi 7/8
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single transom hung rudder
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 32 700 € (2017)
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire continuous
- Symmetric spinnaker area
- 484 ft²
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.