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Ovni 450

Fractional Sloop · Lifting Keel With Dual Rudders · First built 2019

A Marc Lombard-designed lifting keel cruiser with dual rudders, built for versatility and shoal-water exploration

Designed by Marc Lombard, built by Alubat.

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Lifting Keel With Dual Rudders

See her sail

The Ovni 450, on the water

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

Footage from Sailing Northern Brees

Is it for you?

Character

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

Shoal draughtDraws 1.05 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 27 — a moderate, middle-of-the-road motion.

Comfort ratio 27
CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 1.92
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 159
EasygoingPowered-up

19.1 — plenty of sail for her weight; lively and quick to respond.

Sail area / displacement 19.1
TenderStiff

32% of her weight is ballast — on the tender side; she'll heel readily and want a reef sooner.

Ballast 32%

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

What the fleet has seen

The Ovni 450, as the fleet has seen it

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

The Ovni 450 is a 14.0-meter aluminum fractional sloop designed by Marc Lombard and built by Alubat since 2019, featuring a lifting keel and dual rudders. It is an updated version of the Ovni 445, with a maximum load displacement of 14,550 kg and a maximum allowed engine power of 75 HP. Aboard *Sailing Northern Brees*, the Ovni 450 was toured at the La Rochelle Boat Show, where its cockpit protection, interior access, single-handed sailing layout, and aluminum construction were evaluated.3:15 The crew preferred the Ovni 450 over the Boreal, which they found claustrophobic.16:34

The living fleet

Sailed by the fleet

Where the fleet has filmed this boat.

Seen 2 times across 2 channels of the fleet.

Basemap © Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

On the water

The Ovni 450 on video

Who's been looking

Market signal

Crews the fleet has filmed weighing this model up — no sale seen, and no asking price.

1channel weighed buying one

From the fleet's own footage — our observed signal, not broker listings.

The record

Full specifications

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

Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
32.3%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
19.1
Displacement / length
158.6
Comfort ratio
27.2
Capsize screening
1.92
Hull speed
8.6 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
2088
Hull
Hull type
Lifting keel with dual rudders
Construction
Aluminum
Ballast type
Cast Iron
Production
Years built
First built 2019
Designer
Marc Lombard
Builder
Alubat

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The family

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