Cigale 16

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The Cigale 16, on the water

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

Footage from La Balade de Jade

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 narrow beam gives 19 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 19

CoastalBluewater

2.15 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.15

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 80

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 28.5

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 ~83% of boats her size on file
Beamier than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1202 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Cigale 16, as the fleet has seen it

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The Cigale 16 is a 16.6-meter fractional sloop designed by Marc Lombard and built by Chantiers Alubat since 2017. It features a fin keel with a bulb and dual rudders, a 4.8-meter beam, and a 2.5-meter draft, displacing 11,499 kg. The model has a sail area to displacement ratio of 28.5 and a comfort ratio of 18.9. An optional 75 hp engine is available, and its maximum load displacement is 14,000 kg. A Cigale 16 named *Kea* was seen preparing for a transit to Patagonia from the Gambier Islands.6:00

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

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

28.7%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Fractional Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

28.5

Displacement / length

79.7

Comfort ratio

18.9

Capsize screening

2.15

Hull speed

9.7 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

2936

Hull

Hull type

Fin w/bulb & dual rudders

Construction

Aluminum

Production

Years built

First built 2017

Designer

Marc Lombard

Builder

Chantiers Alubat, Alubat

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The family

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Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Cigale 14A high-performance Finot-designed masthead sloop with a powerful sail-to-displacement ratio for fast offshore passage making C-Cat 37A Marc Lombard-designed catamaran featuring a fixed twin-keel hull and a high 27.25 sail area-to-displacement ratio Alubat 58A Philippe Briand-designed staysail ketch built for long-range performance with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio C-Cat 48A high-performance Francois Perus-designed catamaran featuring twin daggerboards and a powerful 29.85 SA/displacement ratio

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