- Length
- 8.69 m
- Beam
- 2.44 m
- Draft
- 1.22 m
- Sail area
- 36.05 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement6
- Length overall
- 8.69 m
- Waterline length
- 6.86 m
- Beam
- 2.44 m
- Draft
- 1.22 m
- Displacement
- 3,357 kg
- Ballast
- 1,415 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 36.05 m²
- Mainsail area
- 19.27 m²
- Foresail area
- 16.7 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 10.52 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 3.18 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 9.14 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 4.22 m
- Forestay length
- 10.98 m
Engine & propulsion3
- Engine type
- Petrol
- Engine make
- Universal
- Engine model
- Atomic 4
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass, solid laminate
- Keel type
- Long keel
Tanks1
- Fresh water tank
- 95 L
Production & design3
- Production started
- 1961
- Production ended
- 1965
- Designer
- Sparkman & Stephens
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 16.4
- Displacement / length
- 290.03
- Ballast / displacement
- 42.2 %
- Comfort ratio
- 29.49
- Capsize screening
- 1.64
- Hull speed
- 6.36 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Columbia 291 generation
01
1961–1965