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Comet 700

Masthead Sloop · Fin w/transom Hung Rudder · 1980–1988

A Groupe Finot-designed masthead sloop with a shallow 0.85m draft, built for coastal cruising between 1980 and 1988

Designed by Groupe Finot & Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot), built by Comar.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/transom Hung Rudder

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.45 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,300 kg of hull, so roughly 1,900 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Shoal draughtDraws 0.85 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a moderate beam gives 13 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 13
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.27
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 168
EasygoingPowered-up

17.7 — moderate power for her weight; steady, all-round performance.

Sail area / displacement 17.7
TenderStiff

28% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 28%

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

  • Draws less than ~90% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1159 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
28.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Masthead Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.7
Displacement / length
167.9
Comfort ratio
13.3
Capsize screening
2.27
Hull speed
5.9 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
565
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/transom hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
1980–1988
Units built
217
Designer
Groupe Finot, Jean Marie Finot (Groupe Finot)
Builder
Comar

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