Romanée Shoal draft

Sailboat specifications

The Romanée is a 33’6” (10.2m) cruising sailboat designed by Philippe Harlé (France). She was built between 1973 and 1984 by Pouvreau (France). The Shoal draft version features a shorter keel to grant access to shallow areas.

The Romanée is as well listed, on Boat-Specs.com, in Deep draft version (see all the versions compared).

Romanée's main features

Model: Romanée
Version: Shoal draft
Hull type: Monohull
Category: Offshore cruising sailboat
Sailboat builder: Pouvreau
Sailboat designer: Philippe Harlé
Country: France
Construction: Hull and deck: aluminum
Number of hulls built: About 300
First built hull: 1973
Last built hull: 1984
Appendages: Keel : fin without bulb
Helm: Single tiller
Rudder: Single rudder on skeg
Unsinkable: No
Trailerable: No
Former French navigation category: 1
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only): N/A €

Romanée's main dimensions

Hull length: 33’ 6”10.2 m
Waterline length: 26’ 2”8 m
Beam (width): 11’ 6”3.52 m
Draft: 5’ 2”1.57 m
Light displacement (M_LC): 10141 lb4600 kg
Ballast weight: 3638 lb1650 kg
French customs tonnage: 9.90 Tx

Romanée's rig and sails

Upwind sail area: 677 ft²62.9 m²
Downwind sail area: 1178 ft²109.4 m²
Mainsail area: 220 ft²20.4 m²
Genoa area: 457 ft²42.5 m²
Symmetric spinnaker area: 958 ft²89 m²
Rigging type: Sloop Marconi masthead
Mast configuration: Deck stepped mast
Rotating spars: No
Number of levels of spreaders: 1
Spreaders angle: 0 °
Spars construction: Aluminum spars
Standing rigging: 1x19 strand wire continuous

Romanée's performances

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.: 245 ft²/T22.74 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.: 426 ft²/T39.55 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.: 254
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.: 36 %
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.: 6.87 knots