Archambault A35

The design was built by Archambault Boats in Dangé-Saint-Romain, France between 2006 and 2013, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/archambault-boats-fra|title = Archambault Boats (FRA) 1967 - 2014|access-date = 21 December 2020|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201219161517/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/archambault-boats-fra|archive-date= 19 December 2020 |url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/archambault|title = Archambault|access-date = 21 December 2020|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2020|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201218153814/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/archambault|archive-date= 18 December 2020|url-status= live}}

The A35 is a racing keelboat, built predominantly with polyester fibreglass sandwich construction, with wooden trim. It has a 9/10 fractional sloop rig, with a masthead spinnaker. It has aluminum spars, with carbon fibre spars optional, a keel-stepped mast, wire standing rigging and two sets of swept spreaders. The hull has a plumb stem, an open reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller, or optionally dual wheels and a fixed fin keel. It displaces {{convert|9811|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|4387|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of lead ballast.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|6.89|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard fin keel.

The boat is fitted with a Nanni 3.21 SD10 diesel engine of {{convert|21|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} for docking and manoeuvring. An {{convert|18|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} engine was optional. The fuel tank holds {{convert|13.2|u.s.gal}} and the fresh water tank has a capacity of {{convert|26.4|u.s.gal}}.

The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settees in the main cabin, around a drop leaf table and an aft cabin with a double berth on the port side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is L-shaped and is equipped with a two-burner stove and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the navigation station on the starboard side. The main cabin has {{convert|73|in|cm|abbr=on}} of headroom. The bow cabin has a single, circular forward hatch for ventilation.

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|883|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} or an asymmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|1023|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}. All lines are led to the cockpit and the mainsheet traveller is located on the deck, just aft of the rudder post.

The boat has a hull speed of {{convert|7.37|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.

Sailing World named the A35 as the "best crossover boat of 2009", a term referring to a "racer-cruiser", as part of its Boat of the Year award winners.{{cite web|url= https://www.sailingworld.com/sailboats/announcing-2009-boty-winners/|title= Announcing 2009 BOTY Winners|access-date= 21 December 2020|work= Sailing World|date= 19 December 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141218040048/https://www.sailingworld.com/sailboats/announcing-2009-boty-winners/|archive-date= 18 December 2014|url-status= live}}

In a 2008 Sailing World review for Boat of the Year, Tony Bessinger, wrote, "one of the slickest, best-performing boats we've ever sailed in our years with Boat of the Year is the Archambault A35, and the judges collectively described it as one of the best-built, best laid-out boats they've sailed. The design firm, Joubert/Nivelt, certainly knows its stuff, as does this boat's French builder, which recently celebrated 50 years in business."{{cite web|url= https://www.sailingworld.com/sailboats/archambault-a35-best-crossover/|title= Archambault A35: Best Crossover|access-date= 21 December 2020|last= Bessinger|first= Tony|work= Sailing World|date= 19 December 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161113182035/https://www.sailingworld.com/sailboats/archambault-a35-best-crossover/|archive-date= 13 November 2016|url-status= live}}

In a 2018, after a sail in high winds, reviewer Lars Reisberg concluded, "I was amazed by the power and performance, the light effortless steering and the seakind motion of the Archambault A35. The speed was tremendous and I think the boat still has lots of potential to be driven fast in races and to seriously contend with newer yachts for sure."{{cite web|url= http://no-frills-sailing.com/archambault-a35-review-performance-cruiser-racer/|title= Archambault A35 Review: Sleek & Fast|access-date= 21 December 2020|author= |last= Reisberg|first= Lars|work= No Frills Sailing|date= 12 August 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200506081502/http://no-frills-sailing.com/archambault-a35-review-performance-cruiser-racer/|archive-date= 6 May 2020|url-status= live}}

• List of sailing boat types

{{Reflist}}

{{Archambault Boats}}

Category:Keelboats

Category:2000s sailboat type designs

Category:Sailing yachts

Category:Sailboat type designs by Joubert-Nivelt

Category:Sailboat types built by Archambault Boats