Europe (International)

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The Europe (International), on the water

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 1.35 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 45 kg of hull, so roughly 650 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.

LivelySea-kindly

Her light displacement on a beamy beam gives 2 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 2

CoastalBluewater

At 3.82 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 3.82

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 33

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 56.8

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

Lighter than ~83% of boats her size on file
Narrower than ~77% of boats her size on file

Compared with 186 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Europe (International), as the fleet has seen it

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The Europe (INTERNATIONAL) is a 3.4 m cat-rigged dinghy designed by Pierre Marique and Alois Roland, built by Lanaverre since 1963. It evolved from the Moth development rule into a one-design class and served as an Olympic class for women sailors from 1992 to 2004. With a displacement of 44 kg, its Dbrd. Dinghy hull has a beam of 1.4 m. Aboard Sven Yrvind's vessel, Europe dinghy masts are repurposed for a four-mast arrangement, with three masts forward and one larger, stronger mast aft.2:09 G11 epoxylaminate pipes serve as mast holders for this unconventional setup, with drainage designed into their bases.6:56

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

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions

Weights

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cat (Marconi)

Ratios

SA / displacement

56.8

Displacement / length

33.2

Comfort ratio

1.9

Capsize screening

3.82

Hull speed

4.4 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

174

Hull

Hull type

Dbrd. Dinghy

Construction

Fiberglass

Production

Years built

First built 1963

Designer

Pierre Marique, Alois Roland

Builder

Lanaverre

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