BoatsSpair Marine Maraudeur

Spair Marine Maraudeur

Fractional Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1958

A 1958 fractional sloop with an active racing class that remains a staple of the French sailing scene

Designed by Jean Jacques Herbulot & Jean-Jacques Herbulot.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.75 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 280 kg of hull, so roughly 900 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 280 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draft shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draftDraws 0.30 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 6 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 6
CoastalBluewater

At 2.70 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.70
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 78
EasygoingPowered-up

34.1 — a lot of sail for her weight; powered-up and eager, a real performer.

Sail area / displacement 34.1
TenderStiff

25% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 25%

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

  • Lighter than ~80% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~90% of boats her size on file

Compared with 196 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
25.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
34.1
Displacement / length
77.7
Comfort ratio
6.0
Capsize screening
2.70
Hull speed
5.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
313
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Plywood
Production
Years built
First built 1958
Units built
2500
Designer
Jean Jacques Herbulot, Jean-Jacques Herbulot
Builder
Spair Marine

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RS Quest4.29 mSame hull family0.5 m shorterA 140kg fractional sloop with a centerboard trunk designed for stable, versatile training and family sailing
Microtonner 195.50 mSame hull family0.7 m longerA high-performance fractional sloop designed by Nestor Volker to the International Micro Class rule for competitive racing
Marshall Marine Corporation Sanderling5.54 mSame hull family0.7 m longerA gaff-rigged catboat based on a 1941 design, featuring a shallow-draft keel-centerboard hull for versatile day sailing

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