Dione 98

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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{{Infobox sailboat specifications

|name = Dione 98

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|designer = Gary Mull

|location = Spain

|year = 1970

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|builder = Nautiber SA

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|crew = two

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|displacement = {{convert|6834|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

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|construction = Fiberglass

|loa = {{convert|31.99|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|loh =

|lwl = {{convert|23.82|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|beam = {{convert|10.27|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|hull draft = {{convert|5.58|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|keel type = fixed keel

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|rudder type = spade

|rigs = Masthead sloop

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|I = {{convert|38.06|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|J = {{convert|12.17|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|P = {{convert|31.50|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|E = {{convert|10.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea main = {{convert|162.70|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

|sailarea headsail = {{convert|231.60|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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|sailarea total ={{convert|394.29|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}

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The Dione 98 is a sailboat, that was designed by Gary Mull as an International Offshore Rule Half Ton class racer and first built in 1970.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/dione-98|title = Dione 98 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 27 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211227235050/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/dione-98|archive-date= 27 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/6141/dione-98|title = Sailboat Specifications for Dione 98 |accessdate = 4 August 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170123193257/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/6141/dione-98|archive-date= 23 January 2017|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|title = Garry Mull (1939-1994)|access-date = 20 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210418231901/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/mull-gary|archive-date= 18 April 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|title= Gary Mull|access-date= 20 December 2021|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211220135325/https://sailboat.guide/gary-mull|archive-date= 20 December 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/association/half-ton-class|title = Half Ton Class Boats|accessdate = 27 December 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211213200952/https://sailboatdata.com/association/half-ton-class|archive-date= 13 December 2021|url-status= live}}

The boat's designation indicates its approximate length overall in decimetres.