BIGOUDEN ON ROAD
FRA ELLIOTT 8.7Sail number FRA/FRA8694
GPH
652.6
OSN
632.9
LOA
8.5 m
Displacement
2515 kg
Triple-Number Ratings
Lower is fasterTriple Inshore
Low
0.7066
Medium
0.9576
High
1.0931
Triple Offshore
Low
0.9058
Medium
1.1652
High
1.3115
Boat Specifications
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 8.5 m
- Beam
- 2.9 m
- Draft
- 2.11 m
- Displacement
- 2515 kg
- Crew weight
- 480 kg
- Wetted surface
- 18.36 m²
Sails
- Mainsail
- 25.94 m²
- Genoa
- 26.16 m²
- Spinnaker
- 57.88 m²
- Asymmetric spinnaker
- 0 m²
Design
- Type
- ELLIOTT 8.7
- Builder
- UNITECH NZ
- Designer
- ELLIOTT Gilles
- Year built
- 1999
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 | 5.12 | 5.36 | 5.54 | 5.47 | 5.34 | 5.18 | 4.68 | 3.94 |
| 8 | 6.04 | 6.24 | 6.36 | 6.34 | 6.39 | 6.25 | 5.76 | 4.98 |
| 10 | 6.53 | 6.66 | 6.76 | 6.83 | 6.91 | 6.81 | 6.52 | 5.89 |
| 12 | 6.74 | 6.9 | 7.07 | 7.12 | 7.39 | 7.28 | 6.95 | 6.55 |
| 14 | 6.82 | 7.02 | 7.35 | 7.47 | 7.87 | 7.83 | 7.42 | 6.96 |
| 16 | 6.87 | 7.09 | 7.51 | 7.82 | 8.22 | 8.4 | 7.95 | 7.38 |
| 20 | 6.88 | 7.13 | 7.65 | 8.27 | 8.78 | 9.37 | 9.32 | 8.41 |
| Wind Speed | Beat Angle | Beat VMG | Run Angle | Run VMG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 41.9° | 3.41 | 145.8° | 3.41 |
| 8 | 40.3° | 4.11 | 150° | 4.31 |
| 10 | 38.6° | 4.64 | 151.5° | 5.11 |
| 12 | 37° | 4.88 | 160.1° | 5.81 |
| 14 | 36.3° | 4.97 | 180° | 6.41 |
| 16 | 36.5° | 5.01 | 180° | 6.82 |
| 20 | 36.9° | 5.01 | 180° | 7.64 |
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