Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 1987
A slender, performance-oriented fractional sloop with a high ballast ratio for stability in a narrow, easily driven hull
Designed by Niels Peter Faurby.
See her sail
The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.
Footage from Golden Globe Race Official
Is it for you?
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Her light displacement on a narrow beam gives 25 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.
1.78 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.
155 — light for her waterline, so she is easily driven and quick to accelerate.
17.7 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.
41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
Compared with 2897 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.
What the fleet has seen
Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.
The Faurby 393 is a fractional sloop designed by Niels Peter Faurby and built by Faurby Yachts A, S. since 1987. It measures 12.0 m LOA, with a 3.2 m beam, 1.9 m draft, and 5800 kg displacement. The hull features a fin with bulb and spade rudder.
The living fleet
Where the fleet has filmed this boat.
Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
The record
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Boats like this, on the water
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The family
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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