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The Fun 23 is a French trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Joubert-Nivelt for one design racing and first built in 1982. The design is out of production.[1][2][3][4]

Production

The boat was built by Jeanneau in France, Ranger Yachts in the United States and Cantiere Nautico Lillia in Italy. Jeanneau built a small number of the design, while Ranger completed about 100 examples.[1][5][6][7]

Design

The Fun 23 was conceived by French sailor Alain Forgeot and became an active one-design class in Europe. The design shares a sailplan with the Soling design.[1]

The Fun 23 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a swing-up fin keel. It displaces 1,875 lb (850 kg) and carries 760 lb (345 kg) of iron ballast.[1][2]

The design has a draft of 5.33 ft (1.62 m) with the keel down and 2.33 ft (0.71 m) with the keel up.[1]

The boat is normally fitted with a small 2 to 4 hp (1 to 3 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1][4]

The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. Cabin headroom is 46 in (117 cm).[4]

The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 180 with a high of 192 and low of 174. It has a hull speed of 5.67 kn (10.50 km/h).[2]

Operational history

In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "Ranger Yachts built about 100 Fun 23's ... The French team of Joubert & Nivelt designed her ... Jeanneau in France also built a few, and an Itallian firm, Lillia, also has been a builder. Although the Fun is said to have the same sailplan as a Soling (a 27-foot one-design racing sailboat), actually the mainsails have same dimensions but the foretriangle on the Fun is much smaller than the Soling’s. There are two rigs, a short rig and a 'regular' rig ... the regular rig has a taller but still less-than-masthead jib ... she is strictly a bare-bones overnighter when it comes to accommodations."[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f McArthur, Bruce (2021). "Fun 23 sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  2. ^ a b c InterVisionSoft LLC (2016). "Sailboat Specifications for Fun 23". Sailing Joy. Archived from the original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  3. ^ Browning, Randy (2016). "Joubert-Nivelt". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 19 December 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 125. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-163652-0
  5. ^ Browning, Randy (2016). "Ranger Yachts (USA)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  6. ^ Browning, Randy (2016). "Jeanneau". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 5 June 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  7. ^ Browning, Randy (2016). "Lillia (Cantiere Nautico Lillia)". sailboatdata.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
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