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Farr 7500

Fractional Sloop · Swing Keel · First built 1979

A 1979 trailerable fractional sloop with a 1.8-metre draft, designed for agile handling in a light 1,150kg package

Designed by Bruce Farr, built by Sea Nymph Boats.

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

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The Farr 7500, on the water

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Footage from SEILmagasinet

Is it for you?

Character

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

TrailerableBeam 2.49 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 1,150 kg of hull, so roughly 1,750 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 1,150 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 0.46 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 10 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 10
CoastalBluewater

At 2.40 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.40
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 105
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 22.5
TenderStiff

30% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 30%

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

  • Draws more than ~83% of boats her size on file

Compared with 604 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Farr 7500, as the fleet has seen it

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The Farr 7500 is a 7.6-meter fractional sloop with a swing keel, designed by Bruce Farr and built by Sea Nymph Boats and McDell Marine since 1979. It has a beam of 2.5 meters, a draft of 1.8 meters, and displaces 1149 kg. The design, Farr Design #76, features an SA/disp of 22.5 and a comfort ratio of 10.4.

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

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
30.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
22.5
Displacement / length
105.1
Comfort ratio
10.4
Capsize screening
2.40
Hull speed
6.3 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
645
Hull
Hull type
Swing Keel
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Iron
Production
Years built
First built 1979
Designer
Bruce Farr
Builder
Sea Nymph Boats, McDell Marine

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The family

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