BIGOUDEN ON ROAD
FRA ELLIOTT 8.7Sail number FRA/FRA8694
GPH
655
OSN
635.1
LOA
8.5 m
Displacement
2514 kg
Triple-Number Ratings
Lower is fasterTriple Inshore
Low
0.6225
Medium
0.8456
High
0.9639
Triple Offshore
Low
0.801
Medium
1.0328
High
1.1625
Boat Specifications
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 8.5 m
- Beam
- 2.9 m
- Draft
- 2.11 m
- Displacement
- 2514 kg
- Crew weight
- 410 kg
- Wetted surface
- 18.01 m²
Sails
- Mainsail
- 25.94 m²
- Genoa
- 26.16 m²
- Spinnaker
- 57.88 m²
- Asymmetric spinnaker
- 50.24 m²
Design
- Type
- ELLIOTT 8.7
- Builder
- UNITECH NZ
- Designer
- ELLIOTT Gilles
- Year built
- 1999
- Stability index
- 116
Velocity Prediction
Each row is TWS followed by TWA and boat-speed pairs. Paste it directly into WX Navigator or compatible navigation software.
| Wind Speed | 52° | 60° | 75° | 90° | 110° | 120° | 135° | 150° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5.09 | 5.36 | 5.56 | 5.48 | 5.34 | 5.17 | 4.65 | 3.9 |
| 8 | 6.02 | 6.23 | 6.37 | 6.36 | 6.4 | 6.26 | 5.75 | 4.97 |
| 10 | 6.51 | 6.65 | 6.76 | 6.86 | 6.93 | 6.84 | 6.52 | 5.9 |
| 12 | 6.71 | 6.88 | 7.08 | 7.21 | 7.43 | 7.33 | 6.98 | 6.57 |
| 14 | 6.78 | 6.99 | 7.34 | 7.52 | 7.95 | 7.89 | 7.49 | 7 |
| 16 | 6.83 | 7.05 | 7.49 | 7.87 | 8.38 | 8.49 | 8.06 | 7.46 |
| 20 | 6.87 | 7.1 | 7.62 | 8.27 | 8.97 | 9.68 | 9.52 | 8.58 |
| Wind Speed | Beat Angle | Beat VMG | Run Angle | Run VMG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 42.4° | 3.37 | 145.1° | 3.38 |
| 8 | 40.8° | 4.07 | 149.6° | 4.3 |
| 10 | 39.3° | 4.6 | 151.1° | 5.12 |
| 12 | 37.6° | 4.81 | 159.2° | 5.83 |
| 14 | 37.2° | 4.89 | 173.9° | 6.4 |
| 16 | 37.5° | 4.93 | 178.4° | 6.83 |
| 20 | 37.6° | 4.95 | 175.4° | 7.69 |
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