Edel 665
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Development | |
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Designer | |
Location | France |
Year | 1975 |
No. built | 900 |
Builder(s) | |
Name | Edel 665 |
Boat | |
Boat weight | 2,403 lb (1,090 kg) |
Draft | 3.25 ft (0.99 m) |
Hull | |
Type | Monohull |
Construction | Fiberglass |
LOA | 21.83 ft (6.65 m) |
LWL | 18.21 ft (5.55 m) |
Beam | 8.21 ft (2.50 m) |
Engine type | Outboard motor |
Hull appendages | |
Keel/board type | fin keel |
Ballast | 882 lb (400 kg) |
Rudder(s) | skeg-mounted spade-type rudder |
Rig | |
Rig type | Bermuda rig |
I foretriangle height | 23.70 ft (7.22 m) |
J foretriangle base | 9.00 ft (2.74 m) |
P mainsail luff | 23.80 ft (7.25 m) |
E mainsail foot | 8.80 ft (2.68 m) |
Sails | |
Sailplan | Fractional rigged sloop |
Mainsail area | 104.72 sq ft (9.729 m2) |
Jib/genoa area | 106.65 sq ft (9.908 m2) |
Total sail area | 211.37 sq ft (19.637 m2) |
The Edel 665 is a French sailboat, that was designed by and first built in 1984. It was marketed as the Edel 660 in France and is sometimes referred to as the Edel 6.[1][2]
Production[]
The design was built by in France and also at its Canadian subsidiary, . Between 1975 and 1984 a total of 900 examples were completed.[1][3]
Design[]
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The Edel 665 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with mahogany wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a skeg-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 2,403 lb (1,090 kg) and carries 882 lb (400 kg) of ballast.[1][2]
The boat has a draft of 3.25 ft (0.99 m) with the standard keel fitted. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1]
Features include a lifting eye on the keel to facilitate winching the boat in and out of the water with a crane, opening foredeck hatch, a mainsheet traveller and genoa tracks. Accommodations can sleep four people on a "V"-berth, a convertible settee and quarter berth. Factory options included jibsheet winches, a hydraulic "pop-top", a recirculating head and a spinnaker.[2]
The design has a hull speed of 5.72 kn (10.59 km/h).[4]
Operational history[]
The design was named Boat of the Year at the Paris Boat Show.[2]
See also[]
Related development
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- Buccaneer 220
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- CS 22
- DS-22
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- Hunter 22
- J/22
- Marlow-Hunter 22
- Marshall 22
- Nonsuch 22
- Pearson Electra
- Pearson Ensign
- Ranger 22
- Santana 22
- Seaward 22
- Spindrift 22
- Starwind 223
- Tanzer 22
- Triton 22
- US Yachts US 22
References[]
- ^ a b c d Browning, Randy (2018). "Edel 6 (665/660) sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ a b c d Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 144-145. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN 0-395-65239-1
- ^ Browning, Randy (2018). "Edel". sailboatdata.com. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ InterVisionSoft LLC (2018). "Sailboat Specifications for 665/660 - Edel 6". Sailing Joy. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
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