Jeanneau Metaf

{{Short description|Sailboat class}}

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|location = France

|year = 1972

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|builder = Jeanneau

|role = Cruising sailing dinghy

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|draft = {{convert|3.28|ft|m|abbr=on}} with centerboard down

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The Jeanneau Metaf is a French sailing dinghy that was designed as a day sailer and cruiser and first built in 1972.{{cite web|url= https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/metaf-jeanneau|title= Metaf (Jeanneau) sailboat |access-date= 28 September 2022|last= McArthur|first= Bruce|work= sailboatdata.com|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220928133614/https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/metaf-jeanneau|archive-date= 28 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/metaf|title= Jeanneau Metaf|access-date= 28 September 2022|author= Sea Time Tech, LLC|work= sailboat.guide|year= 2022|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220928133738/https://sailboat.guide/jeanneau/metaf|archive-date= 28 September 2022|url-status= live}}{{cite web|url= https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/36-autres-modeles-voile/572-mataf/|title= Metaf|access-date= 28 September 2022|author= Jeanneau|author-link= Jeanneau|work= jeanneau.com|archive-url= https://archive.today/20220928140801/https://www.jeanneau.com/en/boats/sailboat/36-autres-modeles-voile/572-mataf/|archive-date= 28 September 2022|url-status= live}}

Production

The design was built by Jeanneau in France in the United States, starting in 1972, but it is now out of production.{{cite web|url = https://sailboatdata.com/builder/jeanneau-fra|title = Jeanneau (FRA)|access-date = 28 September 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= 28 September 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}}

Design

The Metaf is a recreational sailboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, with a keel-stepped mast and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem, a slightly angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a retractable centerboard. It displaces {{convert|430|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}}.

The boat has a draft of {{convert|3.28|ft|m|abbr=on}} with the centerboard extended and {{convert|0.82|ft|m|abbr=on}} with it retracted, allowing operation in shallow water, beaching or ground transportation on a trailer.

The design has sleeping accommodation for two people, with a double "V"-berth in the cabin. The cabin's headroom is {{convert|42.5|in|cm|0|abbr=on}}.

See also

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