Ovni 450
Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel With Dual Rudders · First built 2019
A Marc Lombard-designed lifting keel cruiser with dual rudders, built for versatility and shoal-water exploration
Designed by Marc Lombard, built by Alubat.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Ballast
- Hull type
- Lifting Keel With Dual Rudders
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The Ovni 450, on the water
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Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
Shoal draftDraws 1.05 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 27Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 1.92Bluewater
LightD/L 159Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 19.1Powered-up
TenderBallast 32%Stiff
A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.
The living fleet
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Seen once across one channel of the fleet.
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1channel looked into buying
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The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.1
Displacement / length
158.6
Comfort ratio
27.2
Capsize screening
1.92
Hull speed
8.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2088
Hull
Hull type
Lifting keel with dual rudders
Construction
Aluminum
Ballast type
Cast Iron
Production
Years built
First built 2019
Designer
Marc Lombard
Builder
Alubat
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The family
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The designs closest to hers — usually the rest of the builder's range, sometimes the same hull sold under another name.
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