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Elite 324 Shoal draft

Sailboat specifications

The Elite 324 is a 31’6” (9.6m) cruiser-racer sailboat designed by Harlé-Mortain (France). She was built between 1986 and 1988 by Kirié (France). The Shoal draft version features a shorter keel to grant access to shallow areas.

The Elite 324 has also been marketed as Feeling 960 and she is as well listed, on Boat-Specs.com, in Deep draft and Keel and centerboard version (see all the versions compared).

Elite 324's main features

Model
Elite 324
Version
Shoal draft
Hull type
Monohull
Category
Cruiser-racer sailboat
Sailboat builder
Sailboat designer
Sailboat range
Country
France
Construction
GRP (glass reinforced polyester):
- Hull: Single skin fiberglass polyester
- Deck: Sandwich fiberglass polyester
Number of hulls built
About 90
First built hull
1986
Last built hull
1988
Appendages
Keel : fin without bulb
Helm
Single tiller (helm wheel in option)
Rudder
Single spade rudder
Unsinkable
No
Trailerable
No
Former French navigation category
2
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
N/A

Elite 324's main dimensions

Overall length
32’ 7”9.93 m
Hull length
31’ 6”9.6 m
Waterline length
25’ 7”7.8 m
Beam (width)
10’ 7”3.22 m
Draft
4’ 4”1.3 m
Light displacement (MLC)
8598 lb3900 kg
Ballast weight
2998 lb1360 kg
Ballast type
Cast iron
French customs tonnage
8.88 Tx

Elite 324's rig and sails

Upwind sail area
614 ft²57 m²
Downwind sail area
1009 ft²93.7 m²
Mainsail area
234 ft²21.7 m²
Genoa area
380 ft²35.3 m²
Solent area
297 ft²27.6 m²
Jib area
163 ft²15.1 m²
Stormjib area
70 ft²6.5 m²
Symmetric spinnaker area
775 ft²72 m²
I
 iFore triangle height (from mast foot to fore stay top attachment)
40’ 6”12.34 m
J
 iFore triangle base (from mast foot to bottom of forestay)
11’ 10”3.6 m
P
 iMainsail hoist measurement (from tack to head)
35’ 1”10.7 m
E
 iMainsail foot measurement (from tack to clew)
11’ 10”3.6 m
Rigging type
Sloop Marconi masthead
Mast configuration
Deck stepped mast
Rotating spars
No
Number of levels of spreaders
2
Spreaders angle
0 °
Spars construction
Aluminum spars
Standing rigging
1x19 strand wire

Elite 324's performances

HN (French rating)
 iHN or "Handicap Nationale" is an empirical rating system used in France allowing various monohulls, of different sizes and designs, to race each other fairly. It is particularly suitable for cruiser and cruiser-racer. Therefore, by comparing these values, we can have an indication of the relative speed of 2 boats.
18.0
Upwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.

Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat.
248 ft²/T23.01 m²/T
Downwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.
407 ft²/T37.82 m²/T
Displacement-length ratio (DLR)
 iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet).
The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length:

a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat.
233
Ballast ratio
 iThe Ballast ratio is an indicator of stability; it is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement by the mass of the ballast. Since the stability depends also of the hull shapes and the position of the center of gravity, only the boats with similar ballast arrangements and hull shapes should be compared.

The higher the ballast ratio is, the greater is the stability.
35 %
Critical hull speed
 iAs a ship moves in the water, it creates standing waves that oppose its movement. This effect increases dramatically the resistance when the boat reaches a speed-length ratio (speed-length ratio is the ratio between the speed in knots and the square root of the waterline length in feet) of about 1.2 (corresponding to a Froude Number of 0.35) . This very sharp rise in resistance, between speed-length ratio of 1.2 to 1.5, is insurmountable for heavy sailboats and so becomes an apparent barrier. This leads to the concept of "hull speed".
The hull speed is obtained by multiplying the square root of the waterline length (in feet) by 1.34.
6.78 knots

Elite 324's auxiliary engine

Engine(s)
1 inboard engine
Engine(s) power (min./max.)
9 HP / 18 HP
Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel tank capacity
23.8 gal90 liters

Elite 324's accommodations and layout

Cockpit
Closed aft cockpit
Cabin(s)
2
Berth(s)
6
Head(s)
1
Freshwater tank capacity
50.2 gal190 liters
Fridge/ice-box capacity
23.8 gal90 liters
Maximum headroom
6’ 2”1.88 m

Elite 324's saloon

Berth length
6’ 2”1.9 m

Elite 324's fore cabin

Berth length
7’ 2”2.2 m

Elite 324's aft cabin

Berth length
6’ 2”1.9 m
Berth width
4’ 7”1.4 m
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