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Victoire Yachts 24

Fractional Sloop · Fin w/bulb and Transom Hung Rudder · 1993–1996

A high-performance fractional sloop with a 50% ballast ratio and a light displacement for spirited coastal sailing

Designed by Dick Koopmans Sr..

LOA
Beam
Draft (max)
Displacement
Ballast
Hull type
Fin w/bulb and Transom Hung Rudder

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 9 — a quick, lively motion that feels every wave.

Comfort ratio 9
CoastalBluewater

At 2.68 she sits above the 2.0 line — beamy for her weight, and happiest coastal.

Capsize screening 2.68
LightHeavy

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

Displacement / length 112
EasygoingPowered-up

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

Sail area / displacement 33.9
TenderStiff

51% of her weight is ballast — very stiff, carrying full sail in a blow.

Ballast 51%

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

  • Lighter than ~84% of boats her size on file

Compared with 1307 boats of the same type within a quarter of her length.

The record

Full specifications

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Dimensions
Weights
Ballast / displacement
50.9%
Rig & sail area
Rig
Fractional Sloop
Ratios
SA / displacement
33.9
Displacement / length
111.6
Comfort ratio
9.1
Capsize screening
2.68
Hull speed
6.2 kn
Pounds / inch immersion
685
Hull
Hull type
Fin w/bulb and transom hung rudder
Construction
Fiberglass
Ballast type
Lead
Production
Years built
1993–1996
Units built
16
Designer
Dick Koopmans Sr.
Builder
Victoire Yachts

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The family

Boats like this

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

Victoire Yachts 22A 1961 masthead sloop with a shallow 0.95-metre draft and a 41% ballast ratio for stability in shoal watersVictoire Yachts 26A 1968 masthead sloop with a shallow 1.2-metre draft, built for stable coastal cruising in a compact 7.75-metre hullVictoire Yachts 28Featuring a fin keel and skeg-hung rudder from 1970, this masthead sloop offers a stiff, 50% ballast ratio for coastal cruising

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