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Cap Horn

Masthead Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1959

A 1959 masthead sloop with a keel-centerboard hull that completed the inaugural 1960 OSTAR transatlantic race

Designed by Jean-Jacques Herbulot, built by Jouet.

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 2.16 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 907 kg of hull, so roughly 1,500 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 907 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 0.66 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 11 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 11
CoastalBluewater

2.25 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.25
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 117
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 24.3
TenderStiff

44% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 44%

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

  • Draws more than ~76% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~79% of boats her size on file

Compared with 607 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
44.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
24.3
Displacement / length
117.3
Comfort ratio
11.3
Capsize screening
2.25
Hull speed
5.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
498
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Wood
Production
Years built
First built 1959
Designer
Jean-Jacques Herbulot
Builder
Jouet

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Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling5.54 mSame hull family1.0 m shorterA gaff-rigged catboat based on a 1941 design, featuring a shallow-draft keel-centerboard hull for versatile day sailing
Melges 247.32 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA 7.32-meter sportboat with a lifting keel and a 32.09 sail-area-to-displacement ratio built for rapid planing

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