Open 5.00

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The Open 5.00, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.24 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 263 kg of hull, so roughly 850 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 263 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 0.20 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 4 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 4

CoastalBluewater

At 3.52 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.52

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 59

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 49.1

TenderStiff

33% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 33%

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

Lighter than ~88% of boats her size on file
Draws more than ~95% of boats her size on file

Compared with 245 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Open 5.00, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Open 5.00 is a 5-meter fractional sloop with a rotating spar and a swing keel, designed by Jean Marie Finot and built by Philias Boats and Open Sailing Inc. since 2000. It has a 2.24-meter beam, a 1.58-meter draft, and displaces 263 kg. The design includes an asymmetrical spinnaker on a sprit, measuring 258 square feet. The Open 5.00 is a distinct model from the IMOCA 60 and Class40, which are larger racing yachts.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

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The record

Full specifications

The complete reference set — tap any figure to switch between metric and imperial.

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

32.8%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar)

Ratios

SA / displacement

49.1

Displacement / length

58.7

Comfort ratio

3.8

Capsize screening

3.52

Hull speed

5.4 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

430

Hull

Hull type

Swing Keel

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 2000

Designer

Finot, Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot)

Builder

Philias Boats, Open Sailing Inc

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