Bongo 9.60

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The Bongo 9.60, 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 13 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 13

CoastalBluewater

At 2.49 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.49

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 107

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 27.9

TenderStiff

29% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 29%

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

Draws more than ~85% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~90% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2728 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Bongo 9.60, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Bongo 9.60 is a 9.6-meter fractional sloop designed by Pierre Rolland and built by 3C Composites and Olea Composite between 2002 and 2005. It features a fin keel with a bulb and dual rudders, with an optional twin-keel variant also available. The boat has a 3.7-meter beam, a 1.9-meter draft, and displaces 3399 kg. It is also known as the Bongo 32.

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen once across one channel of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

What they go for

Market signal

Where the fleet has seen this model come up for sale.

1seen sold

Channel creator sold this boat after a circuit of the Atlantic
from Patrick Laineseen August 2025watch

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

29.4%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

27.9

Displacement / length

107.0

Comfort ratio

13.2

Capsize screening

2.49

Hull speed

7.5 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1366

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & dual rudders

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

2002–2005

Units built

40

Designer

Pierre Rolland

Builder

3C Composites, Olea Composite

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The family

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