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Lanaverre 590

Fractional Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1963

A 1963 one-design racer with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for lively performance in a compact frame

Designed by Maury, Sergent & Christian Maury.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

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Character

Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.

TrailerableBeam 2.05 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 550 kg of hull, so roughly 1,150 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 550 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.50 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 2.53 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.53
EasygoingPowered-up

26.1 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 26.1
TenderStiff

25% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 25%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Narrower than ~82% of boats her size on file

Compared with 497 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
25.5%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
26.1
Capsize screening
2.53
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1963
Units built
2000
Designer
Maury, Sergent, Christian Maury
Builder
Lanaverre

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The family

Related models

The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.

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