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Klepper Monas

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · 1975–2012

A high-performance fractional keelboat designed by Helmut Stoberl for single-handed sailing and active class racing

Designed by Helmut Stoberl.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.91 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 550 kg of hull, so roughly 1,150 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 narrow beam gives 7 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 7
CoastalBluewater

At 2.35 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.35
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 56
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 35.2
TenderStiff

58% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 58%

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

  • Lighter than ~98% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~97% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1128 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
58.1%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
35.2
Displacement / length
55.8
Comfort ratio
7.4
Capsize screening
2.35
Hull speed
6.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
478
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1975–2012
Units built
425
Designer
Helmut Stoberl
Builder
Klepper, Klepper-Werke

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