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Jeanneau Love Love

Masthead Sloop · Fin With Rudder On Skeg · 1971–1978

A Philippe H. Harle-designed masthead sloop with a skeg-hung rudder, built for coastal cruising throughout the 1970s

Designed by Philippe H. Harle.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin With Rudder On Skeg

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.44 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,202 kg of hull, so roughly 1,800 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draftDraws 1.04 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a beamy beam gives 13 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 13
CoastalBluewater

At 2.32 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.32
LightHeavy

187 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 187
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 18.0
TenderStiff

39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 39%

A balanced, easily-driven cruiser — comfortable and forgiving for coastal work.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
39.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
18.0
Displacement / length
186.8
Comfort ratio
13.2
Capsize screening
2.32
Hull speed
5.8 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
529
Hull
Hull type
Fin with rudder on skeg
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1971–1978
Designer
Philippe H. Harle
Builder
Jeanneau

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