BES 1/2 TON
Fractional Sloop • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1972
Dimensions
- LOA
- 31.5 ft
- LWL
- 24 ft
- Beam
- 10.3 ft
- Max Draft
- 5.67 ft
- Displacement
- 6,800 lbs
- Ballast
- 3,130 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.17 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 15.6
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 220
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 46.0%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 349 sq ft
- I
- 34.25 ft
- J
- 11.12 ft
- P
- 34.12 ft
- E
- 9.3 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Fractional Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- —
Production
- First Built
- 1972
- Last Built
- —
- Number Built
- —
Notes: AKA ELVSTRON 1/2 TON. Based on 'Bes', winner of Int. Half Ton Cup of 1972 - (held at Mastrand, DEN, sailed by Paul Elvstrom.)\nBoats with more conventional decks, (with or without coachroof) such as ELVSTROM 32, BLUE DANE 32, BLUE LETH 32 seem to all have derived from this hull design.
Designers
- Paul Elvström (1928–2016)
- Jan Kjærulff
Builder
- Gouteron (Chantier) (FRA) (1959)