Archambault Coco

The Archambault Coco is a French sailboat that was designed by Harlé - Mortain as a Classe Mini racer for racing in the Mini Transat 6.50. It was first built in 1985.^[1][2][3]

Archambault Coco

Development
Designer	Harlé - Mortain
Location	France
Year	1985
No. built	110
Builder(s)	Archambault Boats
Role	Racer
Name	Archambault Coco
Boat
Displacement	2,535 lb (1,150 kg)
Draft	4.46 ft (1.36 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fibreglass
LOA	21.33 ft (6.50 m)
LWL	20.34 ft (6.20 m)
Beam	8.86 ft (2.70 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	992 lb (450 kg)
Rudder(s)	skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan	fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area	187 sq ft (17.4 m2)
Jib/genoa area	98 sq ft (9.1 m2)
Spinnaker area	431 sq ft (40.0 m2)
Gennaker area	646 sq ft (60.0 m2)
Other sails	Genoa: 183 sq ft (17.0 m2)
Upwind sail area	365 sq ft (33.9 m2)
Downwind sail area	1,010 sq ft (94 m2)

Production

The design was built by Archambault Boats of Dangé-Saint-Romain, France, with 110 boats completed between 1985 and 2002, but it is now out of production. Archambault, which had been founded in 1967, went out of business in 2015.^[1][3][4]

Design

The Coco is a racing keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a fractional sloop rig. The hull has a plumb stem, a reverse transom, a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 2,535 lb (1,150 kg) and carries 992 lb (450 kg) of ballast.^[1][3]

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 431 sq ft (40.0 m²) or an asymmetrical spinnaker of 646 sq ft (60.0 m²). It has a hull speed of 6.04 kn (11.19 km/h).^[3]

Operational history

Classe Mini

The boat is supported by an active club, the Class Mini 650, that organizes racing events for Classe Mini boats with a length overall of 21.33 ft (6.50 m). The major race run for this class of sailboats is the Mini Transat 6.50, a solo transatlantic yacht race, that typically starts in France and ends in Le Marin, Martinique in the Caribbean.^[5]

See also

• List of sailing boat types