Premier Composite Technologies Farr 280
Sailboat
34′
Monohull
Since 2013
Overview
- Builder
- Premier Composite Technologies
- Model
- Farr 280
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 2013 on
- Designer
- Farr Yacht Design
- Hull material
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich Core-Cell E-glass
- Rig
- Sloop Marconi (square top mainsail) fractional
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 34′ (10.36 m)
- Waterline length
- 26′ 4″ (8.03 m)
- Beam
- 9′ 5″ (2.87 m)
- Draft
- 6′ 11″ (2.11 m)
- Displacement
- 3,527 lb (1,600 kg)
- Ballast
- 1,433 lb (650 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 inboard engine
- Power
- 20 hp
- Fuel
- 11 gal (42 L)
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 566 sq ft (52.6 m²)
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 39.1
- Displacement / length
- 86
- Ballast ratio
- 41%
- Capsize screening
- 2.48
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
- Keel : fin with bulb
- Asymmetric spinnaker area
- 1152 ft²
- Ballast ratio
- 41 %
- Ballast type
- Steel fin with lead bulb
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Construction
- GRP (glass reinforced polyester): Sandwich Core-Cell E-glass epoxy (vacuum infusion)
- Country
- United Arab Emirates
- EC design category
- C
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Jib area
- 220 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Keel stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 2
- Rigging type
- Sloop Marconi (square top mainsail) fractional
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single spade rudder
- Spars construction
- Carbon fiber mast and aluminum boom
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- About 102 000 € (2016)
- Standing rigging
- Dyform
- Trailerable
- No
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.