29ER vs Boucanier

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On the numbers

Next to the 29ER, the Boucanier is 0.2 m shorter and of similar displacement. The 29ER has the higher Capsize screening (3.83, above the guideline), the Boucanier the lower (3.38, above the guideline).

29ER 29ER Boucanier Boucanier
General
Builder Several under License Sibma Navale Naviking
Designer Julian Bethwaite Jean-Jacques Hurbulot
Hull type Centerboard Dinghy Centerboard Dinghy
Rigging Fractional Sloop Fractional Sloop
Construction FG Wood
First built 1998 1962
Last built – 1964
Number built – 150
Dimensions
Length overall 4.40 m ▲ 4.25 m ▼
Waterline length – 3.95 m
Beam 1.70 m ▲ 1.50 m ▼
Draft (max) 0.70 m ▼ 1.00 m ▲
Draft (min) – 0.16 m
Weight & ballast
Displacement 90 kg 90 kg
Ratios
D/L – 41 ultralight
Comfort ratio – 2.8 lightweight racing
Capsize screening 3.83 ▲ above the guideline 3.38 ▼ above the guideline
Hull speed – 4.82 kn

▲ highest and ▼ lowest value in each row. Ratio bands as on the yacht pages; – means the value is not in the catalogue.