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Latitude 46 Tadorne

Fractional Sloop · Keel/centreboard · First built 1991

A high-performance fractional sloop from Joubert-Nivelt featuring a centerboard and an exceptionally light displacement

Designed by Joubert, Nivelt & Joubert-Nivelt.

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.

Ramp-launchableAbout 200 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 0.50 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
CoastalBluewater

At 4.83 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 4.83
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 92.0

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Lighter than ~100% of boats her size on file
  • Draws less than ~94% of boats her size on file
  • Beamier than ~80% of boats her size on file

Compared with 602 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
92.0
Capsize screening
4.83
Hull
Hull type
Keel/Cbrd.
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1991
Designer
Joubert, Nivelt, Joubert-Nivelt
Builder
Latitude 46

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Farr 75007.57 mSame hull family0.4 m shorterA 1979 trailerable fractional sloop with a 1.8-meter draft, designed for agile handling in a light 1,150kg package
Siggi Mansaker1:30from SEILmagasinet

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