BoatsArchambault M34

Archambault M34

Fractional Sloop · Fin Keel w/bulb · First built 2010

A high-performance fractional sloop designed by Joubert-Nivelt and selected as the one-design for the Tour de France à la Voile

Designed by Joubert, Nivelt, Mercier & Joubert-Nivelt.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin Keel w/bulb

Is it for you?

Character

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

CoastalBluewater

2.16 — right around the 2.0 line, the edge between coastal and offshore.

Capsize screening 2.16
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 31.4
TenderStiff

39% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 39%

Powered-up and quick to accelerate — this one likes to sail.

  • Lighter than ~86% of boats her size on file
  • Draws more than ~99% of boats her size on file
  • Narrower than ~76% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2954 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
38.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
31.4
Capsize screening
2.16
Hull
Hull type
Fin Keel w/bulb
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
First built 2010
Designer
Joubert, Nivelt, Mercier, Joubert-Nivelt
Builder
Archambault

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Seidelmann Yachts 3410.36 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 1981 masthead sloop with a 45% ballast ratio, balancing a light-displacement hull with a deep 1.65-metre fin keel
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