- Length
- 7.8 m
- Beam
- 3.18 m
- Draft
- 1.4 m
- Sail area
- 30.75 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 7.8 m
- Waterline length
- 7.19 m
- Beam
- 3.18 m
- Draft
- 1.4 m
- Displacement
- 2,449 kg
- Ballast
- 925 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 30.75 m²
- Mainsail area
- 12.91 m²
- Foresail area
- 17.88 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 10.52 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.4 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 8.92 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 2.9 m
- Forestay length
- 11.05 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, spade rudder
Production & design2
- Production started
- 1976
- Designer
- C&C
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 17.26
- Displacement / length
- 183.87
- Ballast / displacement
- 37.8 %
- Comfort ratio
- 15.21
- Capsize screening
- 2.38
- Hull speed
- 6.51 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
C&C 261 generation
01
1976 — status pending