Engineering:Edel 665

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Edel 665
Edel 665 sailboat Wild Thing 1680.jpg
Development
DesignerMaurice Edel
LocationFrance
Year1975
No. built900
Builder(s)Construction Nautic Edel
Edel Canada
Boat
Boat weight2,403 lb (1,090 kg)
Draft3.25 ft (0.99 m)
Hull
TypeMonohull
ConstructionFiberglass
LOA21.83 ft (6.65 m)
LWL18.21 ft (5.55 m)
Beam8.21 ft (2.50 m)
Engine typeOutboard motor
Hull appendages
Keel/board typefin keel
Ballast882 lb (400 kg)
Rudder(s)skeg-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig typeBermuda rig
I (foretriangle height)23.70 ft (7.22 m)
J (foretriangle base)9.00 ft (2.74 m)
P (mainsail luff)23.80 ft (7.25 m)
E (mainsail foot)8.80 ft (2.68 m)
Sails
SailplanFractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area104.72 sq ft (9.729 m2)
Jib/genoa area106.65 sq ft (9.908 m2)
Total sail area211.37 sq ft (19.637 m2)

The Edel 665 is a French sailboat, that was designed by Maurice Edel and first built in 1984. It was marketed as the Edel 660 in France and is sometimes referred to as the Edel 6.[1][2]

Production

The design was built by Construction Nautic Edel in France and also at its Canadian subsidiary, Edel Canada. Between 1975 and 1984 a total of 900 examples were completed.[1][3]

Design

Edel 665
Edel 660 in Greece, prepared for racing

The Edel 665 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with mahogany wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a skeg-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 2,403 lb (1,090 kg) and carries 882 lb (400 kg) of ballast.[1][2]

The boat has a draft of 3.25 ft (0.99 m) with the standard keel fitted. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1]

Features include a lifting eye on the keel to facilitate winching the boat in and out of the water with a crane, opening foredeck hatch, a mainsheet traveller and genoa tracks. Accommodations can sleep four people on a "V"-berth, a convertible settee and quarter berth. Factory options included jibsheet winches, a hydraulic "pop-top", a recirculating head and a spinnaker.[2]

The design has a hull speed of 5.72 kn (10.59 km/h).[4]

Operational history

The design was named Boat of the Year at the Paris Boat Show.[2]

See also

Related development

Similar sailboats

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Browning, Randy (2018). "Edel 6 (665/660) sailboat specifications and details". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/edel-6-665660. Retrieved 30 September 2018. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Sherwood, Richard M.: A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition, pages 144-145. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ISBN:0-395-65239-1
  3. Browning, Randy (2018). "Edel". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/edel-fra. Retrieved 30 September 2018. 
  4. InterVisionSoft LLC (2018). "Sailboat Specifications for 665/660 - Edel 6". Sailing Joy. http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/106/edel-6-665-660. Retrieved 30 September 2018. 

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