Jeanneau Flirt
{{Short description|Sailboat class}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox sailboat specifications
|name = Jeanneau Flirt fin keel
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|designer = Jeanneau Design Office
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|location = France
|year = 1976
|no built = 1743
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|builder = Jeanneau
|role = Cruiser
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|draft = {{convert|3.28|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|displacement = {{convert|1763|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
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|hull type = monohull
|construction = fiberglass
|loa = {{convert|19.68|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|lwl = {{convert|17.88|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|beam = {{convert|7.55|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|engine = outboard motor {{convert|4|to|8|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}
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|keel type = fin keel
|ballast = {{convert|573|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}
|rudder type = transom-mounted rudder
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|rig type = Bermuda rig
|I = {{convert|21.32|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|J = {{convert|7.11|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|P = {{convert|20.27|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|E = {{convert|7.87|ft|m|abbr=on}}
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|sailplan = fractional rigged sloop
|sailarea main = {{convert|91|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea headsail = {{convert|65|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea spin = {{convert|242|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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|sailarea upwind = {{convert|210|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
|sailarea downwind = {{convert|334|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}
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The Jeanneau Flirt is a French trailerable sailboat that was designed by the Jeanneau Design Office, as a pocket cruiser and first built in 1976.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/flirt-jeanneau|title= Flirt (Jeanneau) sailboat |access-date= 6 October 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221006142620/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/flirt-jeanneau|archive-date= 6 October 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/flirt|title= Jeanneau Flirt|access-date= 6 October 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221006142500/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/flirt|archive-date= 6 October 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/flirt-fin-keel|title = Flirt Fin keel Sailboat specifications|access-date = 6 October 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221006142859/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/flirt-fin-keel|archive-date= 6 October 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/flirt-keel-and-centerboard|title = Flirt Keel and centerboard Sailboat specifications|access-date = 6 October 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221006142740/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/jeanneau/flirt-keel-and-centerboard|archive-date= 6 October 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/jeanneau-design-office|title = Jeanneau Design Office Sailboat designer|access-date = 6 October 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20221006143017/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/jeanneau-design-office|archive-date= 6 October 2022|url-status= live}}
Production
The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1976 until 1984, with 1743 boats completed, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 6 October 2022|last = McArthur|first = Bruce|work = sailboatdata.com|year = 2022|archive-url = https://archive.today/20210605143626/https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|archive-date = 5 June 2021|url-status = live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|title= Jeanneau|access-date= 6 October 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220418125800/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau|archive-date= 18 April 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url = https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau|title = Jeanneau Sailboat builder|access-date = 6 October 2022|work = Boat-Specs.com|year=2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20210607203532/https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/jeanneau|archive-date= 7 June 2021|url-status= live}}
Design
The Flirt is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, one set of spreaders and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a plumb transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel or stub keel and centerboard.
The boat is fitted with either an optional inboard engine powering a saildrive or a small {{convert|6|to|8|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a truncated double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berth in the main cabin. The galley is located in the starboard bow. The galley is equipped with a single-burner stove and an icebox. Cabin headroom is {{convert|52|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of {{convert|242|sqft|m2|abbr=on}}.
The design has a hull speed of {{convert|5.67|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}.
Variants
;Flirt fin keel
:This fixed keel model displaces {{convert|1764|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|573|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast. The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.28|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the standard fin keel.
;Flirt keel and centerboard
:This stub keel and centerboard model displaces {{convert|1653|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} and carries {{convert|441|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} of ballast. The boat has a draft of {{convert|4.10|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard down and {{convert|1.97|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted.
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/36-autres-modeles-voile/564-flirt/}}
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Category:1970s sailboat type designs