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Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel With Dual Rudders · 1999–2004

A Gilles Vaton and Patrick Roseo design featuring a lifting keel and dual rudders for versatile shoal-water access

Designed by Gilles Vaton & Patrick Roseo, built by Kirie.

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

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draftDraws 0.70 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 18 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 18
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.13
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 175
EasygoingPowered-up

20.6 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 20.6
TenderStiff

32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 32%

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

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

Compared with 462 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
20.6
Displacement / length
175.2
Comfort ratio
17.9
Capsize screening
2.13
Hull speed
6.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
935
Hull
Hull type
Lifting keel with dual rudders
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Mixed Iron/Lead
Production
Years built
1999–2004
Units built
65
Designer
Gilles Vaton, Patrick Roseo
Builder
Kirie

Boats like this, on the water

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Comparable boats the fleet has on camera: same type, within a quarter of her length. Open the boat, or watch the video — a timestamp means she only appears in passing.

Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 3510.67 mSame hull family1.6 m longerA Marc Lombard-designed fractional sloop featuring a lifting keel and twin rudders for versatile shoal-water cruising
Tartan Marine 278.23 mSame hull family0.9 m shorterA Sparkman & Stephens keel-centerboard sloop that launched Tartan Marine and enjoyed a 19-year production run
O'day 23-1 (Lift Top)7.01 mSame hull family2.1 m shorterA popular C. Raymond Hunt-designed masthead sloop featuring a unique lift-top coach roof for added cabin headroom
Cal Boats 247.43 mSame hull family1.7 m shorterThe inaugural Jensen Marine Cal model, this fractional keel-centerboard sloop was built for shoal-water versatility
O'day 23-26.93 mSame hull family2.2 m shorterA masthead keel-centerboard sloop produced in Brazil and the U.S. for over a decade as a popular coastal cruiser

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