Fora Marine RM 800
Sailboat
26′ 5″
Monohull
Since 1992
Overview
- Builder
- Fora Marine
- Model
- RM 800
- Type
- Sailboat
- Category
- Monohull
- Built
- 1992–2003
- Designer
- Marc Lombard Yacht Design Group
- Hull material
- Hull and deck: plywood with glass/epoxy stratification
- Rig
- Cutter Marconi fractional
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 26′ 5″ (8.05 m)
- Waterline length
- 25′ 7″ (7.80 m)
- Beam
- 11′ 2″ (3.40 m)
- Draft
- 3′ 11″ (1.19 m)
- Displacement
- 3,968 lb (1,800 kg)
- Ballast
- 2,105 lb (955 kg)
Power and tanks
- Engine
- 1 outboard or inboard engine
- Power
- 8–10 hp
Sails and rig
- Sail area
- 506 sq ft (47.0 m²)
Accommodation
- Cabins
- 1
- Berths
- 4
- Heads
- 1
Design ratios
- Sail area / displacement
- 32.3
- Displacement / length
- 106
- Ballast ratio
- 53%
- Capsize screening
- 2.82
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
- Twin keel : twin asymmetric fin with bulb
- Asymmetric spinnaker area
- 592 ft²
- Ballast ratio
- 53 %
- Ballast type
- Cast iron
- Cockpit
- Open aft cockpit
- Construction
- Hull and deck: plywood with glass/epoxy stratification
- Country
- France
- EC design category
- C
- French customs tonnage
- 8.40 Tx
- Genoa area
- 199 ft²
- Helm
- Single tiller
- Jib area
- 151 ft²
- Mast configuration
- Deck stepped mast
- Number of levels of spreaders
- 1
- Rigging type
- Cutter Marconi fractional
- Rotating spars
- No
- Rudder
- Single rudder on skeg
- Sailboat range
- RM
- Spars construction
- Aluminum spars
- Spreaders angle
- Swept-back (Bergström)
- Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
- N/A €
- Standing rigging
- 1x19 strand wire continuous
- Trailerable
- No
- Unsinkable
- No
Data from boat-specs.com. Check details with the builder before relying on them.