Ovni 43

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The Ovni 43, on the water

The fleet's own footage — the truest look at how she really moves.

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draughtDraws 0.80 m, board up where she has one — creeks, sandbars and thin anchorages most keels have to stay out of.

LivelySea-kindly

Her moderate displacement on a moderate beam gives 23 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 23

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.13

LightHeavy

211 — moderately heavy for her waterline, a balanced cruising weight.

Displacement / length 211

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 22.0

TenderStiff

42% of her weight is ballast — stiff, standing up well to her sails.

Ballast 42%

A capable offshore cruiser with an easy motion when the sea gets up.

Beamier than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 259 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The Ovni 43, as the fleet has seen it

Derived from the videos the fleet has analysed of this model. ▶ marks open the moment aboard.

The Ovni 43 is a 12.9-meter aluminum masthead sloop designed by Philippe Briand and built by Alubat between 1991 and 2000. It features a centerboard hull with a 2.5-meter draft and displaces 8,499 kg. Aboard *A Son de Mar*, Joaquín "Joaco" Morán keeps his Ovni 43, *Pirabán*, in Ribadeo, sailing the Rías Bajas and Rías Altas with his wife, and completed a 2005 passage to the Azores.3:55

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

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Dimensions

Weights

Ballast / displacement

42.4%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Masthead Sloop

Ratios

SA / displacement

22.0

Displacement / length

210.6

Comfort ratio

23.3

Capsize screening

2.13

Hull speed

7.8 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1720

Hull

Hull type

Centerboard (Trunk)

Construction

Aluminum

Production

Years built

1991–2000

Designer

Philippe Briand

Builder

Alubat

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More boats like her, on the water

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Ovni 4012.60 mSame hull family0.3 m shorterA 12.6-metre cutter with a high 25.21 sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built for agile performance during her 1984-1987

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Southerly 3811.99 mSame hull family0.9 m shorterA 2008-launched fractional sloop with a 2.59-metre maximum draft that was later rebranded as the Southerly 390

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Ovni 37011.95 mSame hull family1.0 m shorterA modern lifting-keel cruiser with a versatile Solent rig, designed for shallow-water access and offshore capability

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Ovni 43512.90 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA 12.9-metre aluminum cutter with a lifting keel, optimized for offshore stability and shoal-water exploration

Sailing Insights: How Jon Amtrup sails all year round! ⛵️❄️7:31 from SEILmagasinet

Boreal 4413.80 mSame hull family0.9 m longerA Jean-Francois Delvoye-designed cutter with a centerboard and spade rudder, built for high-latitude versatility

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Southerly 42RST12.86 mSame hull familyNear-identical lengthA Rob Humphreys-designed fractional sloop featuring a swing keel and dual rudders for versatile shoal-water cruising

[OFF MARKET] Southerly 42RST “SAVING GRACE II” Yacht for Sale | Quiet Confidence from Berthon International

The family

Boats like this

Nearby designs by size, type, and era — worth a look alongside her.

Ovni 32A Philippe Briand-designed aluminum centerboarder built for shoal-draft exploration with a high power-to-weight ratio Ovni 39A 12-metre masthead sloop with a lifting keel, balancing a 44% ballast ratio for stability in offshore conditions Ovni 28A Philippe Briand-designed centerboard sloop built for shoal-draft versatility with a high sail-area-to-displacement ratio Ovni 41A 13-metre cutter with a 21.07 sail-area-to-displacement ratio, designed for high-performance offshore exploration Ovni 40A 12.6-metre cutter with a high 25.21 sail-area-to-displacement ratio, built for agile performance during her 1984-1987 Ovni 30A Philippe Briand-designed aluminum lifting-keel sloop built for shoal-draft exploration and offshore versatility

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