- Length
- 8.84 m
- Beam
- 2.8 m
- Draft
- 1.37 m
- Sail area
- 37.16 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 8.84 m
- Waterline length
- 6.91 m
- Beam
- 2.8 m
- Draft
- 1.37 m
- Displacement
- 3,810 kg
- Ballast
- 1,565 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 37.16 m²
- Mainsail area
- 18.71 m²
- Foresail area
- 18.48 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 11.02 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.35 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 9.5 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 3.94 m
- Forestay length
- 11.52 m
Engine & propulsion3
- Engine type
- Petrol
- Engine make
- Universal
- Engine model
- Atomic 4
Hull & construction3
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel
- Ballast material
- Lead
Tanks2
- Fuel tank
- 95 L
- Fresh water tank
- 189 L
Production & design4
- Production started
- 1966
- Production ended
- 1971
- Hulls built
- 169
- Designer
- Halsey Herreshoff
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 15.54
- Displacement / length
- 321.87
- Ballast / displacement
- 41.1 %
- Comfort ratio
- 27.61
- Capsize screening
- 1.81
- Hull speed
- 6.38 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Bristol 291 generation
01
1966–1971