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Faurby 393

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder · First built 1987

A slender, high-performance fractional sloop designed by Niels Peter Faurby for balanced, stiff sailing.

Designed by Niels Peter Faurby.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & Spade Rudder

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The Faurby 393, on the water

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Footage from Golden Globe Race Official

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 25 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 25
CoastalBluewater

1.78 — just under the 2.0 offshore line; her beam is modest for her weight.

Capsize screening 1.78
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 155
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 17.7
TenderStiff

41% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 41%

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

  • Narrower than ~81% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2897 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Faurby 393, as the fleet has seen it

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The Faurby 393 is a fractional sloop designed by Niels Peter Faurby and built by Faurby Yachts A, S. since 1987. It measures 12.0 m LOA, with a 3.2 m beam, 1.9 m draft, and 5800 kg displacement. The hull features a fin with bulb and spade rudder.

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
Ballast / displacement
41.4%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
17.7
Displacement / length
154.6
Comfort ratio
24.9
Capsize screening
1.78
Hull speed
7.7 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
1237
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb & spade rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 1987
Designer
Niels Peter Faurby
Builder
Faurby Yachts A, S

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The family

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