- Length
- 5.28 m
- Beam
- 1.93 m
- Draft
- 1.37 m
- Sail area
- 14.03 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement7
- Length overall
- 5.28 m
- Waterline length
- 4.57 m
- Beam
- 1.93 m
- Draft
- 1.37 m
- Minimum draft
- 0.43 m
- Displacement
- 408 kg
- Ballast
- 122 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, fractional rig
- Sail area
- 14.03 m²
- Mainsail area
- 7.52 m²
- Foresail area
- 4.97 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 4.66 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 2.13 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 5.64 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 2.67 m
- Forestay length
- 5.13 m
Hull & construction2
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Swing keel
Production & design3
- Production started
- 1968
- Production ended
- 1974
- Designer
- Roger Macgregor
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 25.96
- Displacement / length
- 119.05
- Ballast / displacement
- 30 %
- Comfort ratio
- 7.58
- Capsize screening
- 2.62
- Hull speed
- 5.19 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Venture 171 generation
01
1968–1974