RM Yachts 1260

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The RM Yachts 1260, on the water

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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 beamy beam gives 20 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 20

CoastalBluewater

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

Capsize screening 2.24

LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 136

EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 24.4

TenderStiff

36% of her weight is ballast — moderately stiff, a middle-of-the-road stability.

Ballast 36%

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

Beamier than ~97% of boats her size on file

Compared with 2875 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

What the fleet has seen

The RM Yachts 1260, as the fleet has seen it

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The RM Yachts 1260 is a 12.0-meter cutter-rigged sailboat with a twin keel hull, designed by Marc Lombard and built by RM-Fora Marine and RM Yachts since 2012. It has a beam of 4.4 meters, a draft of 2.0 meters, and a displacement of 7801 kg. The RM Yachts 1260 has a sail area to displacement ratio of 24.4 and a comfort ratio of 19.7. A fin keel version of the boat has a draft of 7.42 feet.0:58

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

36.0%

Rig & sail area

Rig

Cutter

Ratios

SA / displacement

24.4

Displacement / length

136.3

Comfort ratio

19.7

Capsize screening

2.24

Hull speed

8.3 kn

Pounds / inch immersion

1975

Hull

Hull type

Twin Keel

Construction

Multi-chine PLYw/Epoxy

Production

Years built

First built 2012

Designer

Marc Lombard

Builder

RM-Fora Marine, RM Yachts

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The family

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