- Length
- 8.6 m
- Beam
- 3 m
- Draft
- 1.72 m
- Sail area
- 31.4 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 8.6 m
- Waterline length
- 7.4 m
- Beam
- 3 m
- Draft
- 1.72 m
- Displacement
- 2,700 kg
- Ballast
- 1,000 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 31.4 m²
- Mainsail area
- 12.86 m²
- Foresail area
- 18.58 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 10.53 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.53 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 9.12 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 2.82 m
- Forestay length
- 11.11 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, spade rudder
Production & design5
- Production started
- 1980
- Production ended
- 1982
- Hulls built
- 600
- Builder
- Beneteau
- Designer
- Jean-Marie Finot
Performance ratios7
- Sail area / displacement
- 16.52
- Displacement / length
- 185.64
- Ballast / displacement
- 37.1 %
- Comfort ratio
- 17.19
- Capsize screening
- 2.18
- Hull speed
- 6.6 kn
- Load per cm of immersion
- 152.4 kg/cm
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
First 281 generation
01
1980–1982