RM Yachts 890

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The RM Yachts 890, on the water

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

Footage from Patrick Laine

Is it for you?

Character

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

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 15 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 15

CoastalBluewater

At 2.34 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.34

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 131

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 23.5

TenderStiff

30% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 30%

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

Draws more than ~89% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2368 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The RM Yachts 890, as the fleet has seen it

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

The RM Yachts 890 is a 8.9-meter fractional sloop designed by Marc Lombard and built by RM-Fora Marine since 2013, featuring a fin keel with bulb and dual rudders. Aboard *Jenna*, a 2019 RM890+, the square-top mainsail requires early reefing in short chop to prevent the boat from becoming overpowered.2:45 The exposed twin rudders necessitate caution around unlit fishing buoys.12:12 Patrick Laine sailed an RM Yachts 890 1,035 nautical miles from La Rochelle to Fastnet Rock and back in eight days, relying on Iridium GO grib forecasts and keeping full sails up at night in winds up to 16 knots.14:38 During the return leg, the boat encountered 35-knot winds and four-meter seas, requiring the sailor to heave to twice.9:11 Heaving to also allowed safe mainsail drops in 26-to-30-knot winds and improved visibility in dense fog.10:05 The boat's open transom does not cause water ingress while sailing.5:17 For light air, a Code Zero or cruising chute is more versatile than a gennaker.27:34 Common equipment failures include corroded Lewmar electric windlass motors, failed folding solar panels, and corroded Volvo Penta engine mounts.6:50

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 13 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The RM Yachts 890 on video

Fastnet 2025 on 82 ft Sailboat (Pt 2)An 82-foot sailboat crew uses flaked lines to prevent jamming during the 2025 Fastnet Race to Cherbourg.Patrick Laine

Fastnet Race 2025 On 82 Ft Sailboat Part 1The 82-foot Grand Mistral *Osprey* completes the 700-mile Fastnet Race with a crew of six.Patrick Laine

EP68 Sailing Bay of Biscay Twice: 1 "usual"; 2 in Gale ConditionsRunning downwind with a furled genoa and no mainsail provides stability in 30-knot gale conditions.Patrick Laine

Ep 60 Sailing 'North' in my new boatThe 29-foot RM890+ *Jenna* features a wood-epoxy hull, twin exposed rudders, and a square-top mainsail.Patrick Laine

Ep 53 Sailing Solo : Boring Refit Stuff and NKE autopilot installationInstalling an NKE gyropilot and custom steering bracket on a performance sailboat requires complex sensor calibration.Patrick Laine

EP 52 Sailing Solo: My New SailboatA 2009 Bungo 870 undergoes a refit to transition from a regatta-style setup to a solo blue-water cruiser.Patrick Laine

Ep 51 'Bucket List' Solo Sail to Fastnet RockA solo sailor completes a 1,035-mile round trip to Fastnet Rock while testing heavy-weather heaving-to techniques.Patrick Laine

Ep 47 Prep and Delayed Transat to NewfoundlandUpgrades for a transatlantic passage include a new Albstrom mainsail, Victron MPPT solar controller, and Iridium Go.Patrick Laine

Ep 35 Sailing Solo Across Bay of Biscay Whale EncounterA solo sailor navigates the Bay of Biscay to La Rochelle while managing wind, waves, and whale encounters.Patrick Laine

Ep 17 Sailing Solo from The Azores: My Furler Jams at end of 900 NM passageA solo sailor completes a 900-nautical-mile passage from the Azores to Muros, España, aboard the vessel Isabel.Patrick Laine

Ep 7 Sailing singlehanded to Azores: When I use genoa onlyA singlehanded sailor improves downwind speed and eliminates boom slamming by sailing with genoa only.Patrick Laine

RM 890 - Fora Marine - Video ProofThe RM 890 features a marine plywood hull and a zinc-plated steel frame for offshore structural rigidity.SVN solovelanet

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

30.1%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

23.5

Displacement / length

130.9

Comfort ratio

15.0

Capsize screening

2.34

Hull speed

7.2 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1157

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & dual rudders

Construction

multi chine - ply/epoxy/comp.

Ballast type

Lead

Production

Years built

First built 2013

Designer

Marc Lombard

Builder

RM-Fora Marine, RM Yachts

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