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Archambault Grand Surprise

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General specification
Type	Monotype
Ship Yard	Archambault (France)
Designer	Michel Joubert (France) Bernard Nivelt (France)
Launching year	1999

Dimensions
Length Over All (LOA)	9.54 m	31.30 ft
Length of Water Line (LWL)	8.93 m	29.30 ft
Hull Beam (BH)	2.98 m	9.78 ft
Draft	2.05 m	6.73 ft

Sail Area
Rigging	Splited sloop
Upwind sail area	55.86 m²	601.27 sq ft
Downwind sail area	109.91 m²	1,183.06 sq ft
Mainsail area	33.36 m²	359.08 sq ft
Genoa area	22.50 m²	242.19 sq ft
Symmetrical spinnaker area	76.55 m²	823.98 sq ft
High wind asymmetrical spinnaker area	87.00 m²	936.46 sq ft

Performance
Upwind sail area / Light displacement	21.08 m² / Tonne	230.5 sq ft / ton
Downwind sail area / Light displacement	41.48 m² / Tonne	453.6 sq ft / ton
Upwind sail area / Beam	18.74 m² / m	61.5 sq ft / ft
Downwind sail area / Beam	36.88 m² / m	121.0 sq ft / ft
Ballast percentage	39.6 %

Rigging
Mast's material	Extruded aluminium
Mast's type	Classical mast put on the keel
Mast's holding	Two stairs of spreader with diagonals
Spreader mast type	Pushing
Stay	Stranded cable

Hull and appendices
Hull's material	Polyester
Light displacement	2,650 kg	5,842 lb
Anti leeway devices	Keel with bulb
Keel ballast	1,050 kg	2,315 lb
Ballast's material	Lead
Helm's type	Tiller with stick
Rudder	One suspension rudder

Securtity and regulation
CE certification	B

General specification