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Friendship Yachts 21

Fin w/transom Hung Rudder · 1982–1991

A light-displacement fin-keeler originally launched as the Dever 700, offering a lively 21.65 sail-area-to-displacement ratio

Designed by Koos de Ridder & Jacques De Ridder, built by Dever Bootswerft.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Hull type
Fin w/transom Hung Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.50 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 990 kg of hull, so roughly 1,600 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 1.10 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 beamy beam gives 10 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 10
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.53
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 153
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 21.6

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

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

Compared with 955 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Ratios
SA / displacement
21.6
Displacement / length
152.9
Comfort ratio
10.4
Capsize screening
2.53
Hull speed
5.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
543
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/transom hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1982–1991
Units built
67
Designer
Koos de Ridder, Jacques De Ridder
Builder
Dever Bootswerft, Friendship yachts

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