Fun 23
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Fun 23
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|designer = Joubert-Nivelt
|location = France
|year = 1982
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|builder = Jeanneau, Ranger Yachts & Cantiere Nautico Lillia
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|displacement = {{convert|1875|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = Monohull
|construction = Fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|23.33|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|17.92|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|8.00|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|760|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = internally-mounted spade-type rudder
|rigs = Fractional rigged sloop
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|I = {{convert|22.20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|phrf = 180 (average)
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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.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/fun-23|title = Fun 23 sailboat specifications and details|accessdate = 5 June 2021|last= McArthur| first = Bruce |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2021|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210605201937/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/fun-23|archive-date= 5 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/81/fun-23|title = Sailboat Specifications for Fun 23 |accessdate = 6 October 2016|work = Sailing Joy|author= InterVisionSoft LLC|year = 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161009113454/http://www.sailingjoy.com/sailboat_specs/sailboat_specs/view/81/fun-23|archive-date= 9 October 2016|url-status= dead}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/designer/joubert-nivelt|title = Joubert-Nivelt |accessdate = 14 November 2021|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20201219161507/https://sailboatdata.com/designer/joubert-nivelt|archive-date= 19 December 2020|url-status= live}}Henkel, Steve: The Sailor's Book of Small Cruising Sailboats, page 125. International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2010. {{ISBN|978-0-07-163652-0}}
==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.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ranger-yachts-usa|title = Ranger Yachts (USA) |accessdate = 5 October 2016|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211113202411/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/ranger-yachts-usa|archive-date= 13 November 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau |accessdate = 14 November 2021|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210605143626/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|archive-date= 5 June 2021|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lillia-cantiere-nautico-lillia|title = Lillia (Cantiere Nautico Lillia) |accessdate = 14 November 2021|last= Browning| first = Randy |work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2016|archive-url= https://archive.today/20211114003955/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/lillia-cantiere-nautico-lillia|archive-date= 14 November 2021|url-status= live}}
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.
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 {{convert|1875|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|760|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of iron ballast.
The design has a draft of {{convert|5.33|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the keel down and {{convert|2.33|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the keel up.
The boat is normally fitted with a small {{convert|2|to|4|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
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 {{convert|46|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
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 {{convert|5.67|kn|km/h|2|abbr=on}}.
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 Italian 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."
See also
References
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Category:1980s sailboat type designs
Category:Sailboat type designs by Joubert-Nivelt
Category:Sailboat types built by Jeanneau