Dupuy Chautard Fennec
Fractional Sloop · Centerboard Dinghy · First built 1962
A 1962 Yves Mareschal-designed planing dinghy with a high power-to-weight ratio, built for two-person performance
Designed by Yves Mareschal.
- LOA
- Beam
- Draft (max)
- Displacement
- Hull type
- Centerboard Dinghy
Is it for you?
Character
Where this design lands on the numbers a shopper trusts — read straight from her own ratios.
TrailerableBeam 1.45 m — inside the 2.55 m no-permit tow width across most of Europe, and the 2.59 m US and Canadian limit. About 90 kg of hull, so roughly 700 kg on a trailer: check that against your own towing rating.Ramp-launchableAbout 90 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 0.15 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.
LivelyComfort 3Sea-kindly
CoastalCapsize 3.27Bluewater
LightD/L 56Heavy
EasygoingSA/D 43.1Powered-up
Light and lively — happiest day-sailing and coastal-hopping in settled weather.
The record
Full specifications
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Dimensions
Weights
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
43.1
Displacement / length
55.9
Comfort ratio
3.2
Capsize screening
3.27
Hull speed
4.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
198
Hull
Hull type
Centerboard Dinghy
Construction
Fiberglass
Production
Years built
First built 1962
Designer
Yves Mareschal
Builder
Dupuy Chautard
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