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Klepper-Werke Fam

Fractional Sloop · Swing Keel · First built 1969

A highly popular German pocket cruiser featuring a fractional rig and swing keel, designed for versatile shoal-water sailing

Designed by Uwe Mares & Hubert Raudaschl.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Swing Keel

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Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.05 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 440 kg of hull, so roughly 1,050 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 440 kg of hull, with a keel that raises or a draught shallow enough to float off a trailer — she can go back on the trailer at the ramp, not only into the water.Shoal draughtDraws 0.23 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 beamy beam gives 7 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 7
CoastalBluewater

At 2.72 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.72
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 101
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 26.8
TenderStiff

20% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 20%

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

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
20.0%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
26.8
Displacement / length
101.1
Comfort ratio
7.1
Capsize screening
2.72
Hull speed
5.4 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
391
Hull
Hull type
Swing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1969
Units built
2500
Designer
Uwe Mares, Hubert Raudaschl
Builder
Klepper-Werke, Gruben Bootsbau

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