VAURIEN
Fractional Sloop • Centerboard Dinghy • Built 1952
Dimensions
- LOA
- 13.39 ft
- LWL
- — ft
- Beam
- 4.82 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.2 ft
- Min Draft
- 0.4 ft
- Displacement
- 209 lbs
- Ballast
- — lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 3.25 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 37.0
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- —
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- —
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 81.37 sq ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Centerboard Dinghy
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG or Plywood
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1952
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- 36500
Notes:
Designed in 1951, the first boat was introduced in 1952.
Hull weight: 73 kg / 161 lbs
In 2009, the class adopted a new, larger sail plan...
Total upwind area: 10.5 m² / 113 ft²
-Main: 7.6 m² / 81.8 ft²
-Jib: 2.9 m² / 31.2 ft²
-Spinnaker: 9.4 m² / 101.2 ft²
Pre 2009 total upwind sail area: 7.56 m² / 81.4 ft²
-Main: 5.06 m² / 54.5 ft²
-Jib: 2.5 m² / 26.9 ft²
-Spinnaker: 8.1 m² / 87.2 ft²
Reported beam has increased slightly...
pre 2007: 1.47 m / 4.82 ft
2008-2023: 1.52 m / 4.98 ft
2024: 1.6 m / 5.25 ft
Designer
- Jean-Jacques Herbulot (1909–1997)
Builders
- Aubin (Chantier Aubin) (1928)
- Costantini (Chantier Naval Costantini) (1932–1979)
- Polysier SA (ESP) (1989)