Boats8m One Design

8m One Design

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel · First built 1993

A high-performance one-design racer with a 34.2 SA/displacement ratio, built in over 100 hulls under various brand names

Designed by J&J Yacht Design & Doug Peterson, built by Shipman.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.49 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,100 kg of hull, so roughly 1,700 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 1,100 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 0.80 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 10 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 10
CoastalBluewater

At 2.44 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.44
LightHeavy

90 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.

Displacement / length 90
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 34.2
TenderStiff

38% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 38%

Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
38.2%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
34.2
Displacement / length
89.8
Comfort ratio
9.5
Capsize screening
2.44
Hull speed
6.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
669
Hull
Hull type
Lifting Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1993
Designer
J&J Yacht Design, Doug Peterson
Builder
Shipman, Hunboat

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