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Kolibri 560

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/transom Hung Rudder · 1964–2011

A G. Pfeiffer-designed masthead sloop produced primarily as a home-built kit boat over a remarkable 47-year span

Designed by G. Pfeiffer, built by van den Brink.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
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 2.10 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 750 kg of hull, so roughly 1,350 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 1.00 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 11 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 11
CoastalBluewater

At 2.33 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.33
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 167
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.5
TenderStiff

34% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 34%

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

  • Narrower than ~77% of boats her size on file

Compared with 324 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
34.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.5
Displacement / length
167.3
Comfort ratio
11.5
Capsize screening
2.33
Hull speed
5.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
404
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/transom hung rudder
Construction
Molded Plywood/FG
Production
Years built
1964–2011
Units built
1000
Designer
G. Pfeiffer
Builder
van den Brink, home built, Kolibri Jachtbouw

Boats like this, on the water

Nobody has filmed this one — but these are close.

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.

Bavaria Yachts 6066.50 mSame hull family0.9 m longerA lightweight 6.5-meter fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio for spirited coastal sailing
Abbott Boats Inc. Yngling6.35 mSame hull family0.8 m longerA 6.35-metre fractional sloop that served as the Olympic class for women sailors from 2004 through 2008
J Boats Tillotson Pearson J/226.86 mSame hull family1.3 m longerA high-performance fractional sloop with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio designed for competitive one-design racing
Borge Bringsvaerd Bb116.18 mSame hull family0.6 m longerA Norwegian-built classic with an active class association that has raced continuously since the 1960s
J Boats J/706.93 mSame hull family1.3 m longerA high-performance fractional sloop designed by Alan Johnstone, with over 1,100 units delivered for one-design racing
Halcyon 236.93 mSame hull family1.3 m longerA triple-keeled masthead sloop by Alan H. Buchanan, offering shallow-draft versatility based on the earlier Crystal 23

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