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Review of Archambault Sprint


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Archambault Sprint is a sailboat designed by the French maritime architect Michel Joubert together with Bernard Nivelt also from France.

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Keel

Fin keel

The Archambault Sprint is built with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.80 - 1.90 meter (5.91 - 6.21 ft) dependent on the load.


Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Archambault Sprint is 2.23, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Archambault Sprint is 3.21.

Wide Slim 58% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 58% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.


Maintenance

Bottom Paint

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 30m2 (322 ft2).
Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.

Note: If you use a paint roller you will need more paint than if you use a paintbrush.


Rig

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 9.4 m(31.0 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet 9.4 m(31.0 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet 23.6 m(77.4 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet20.8 m(68.1 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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