The Brick (English: ''Brig'', referring to the
class of sailing ship) is a French
sailboat that was designed by
Jean-Jacques Herbulot
Jean-Jacques Herbulot (29 March 1909 – 22 July 1997) was a French sailor and competitor in sailing at the Summer Olympics. He was also a noted naval architect and designed many sailboats.
Early life and education
Herbulot was born in Belval, A ...
and first built in 1964.
Production
The design was built by
Chantier Mallard starting in 1964 and by
Archambault Boats
Archambault Boats was a French boat builder based in Dangé-Saint-Romain. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of monohull fibreglass sailboats and often partnered with the BG Race shipyard in Saint-Malo to produce its larger b ...
of
Dangé-Saint-Romain,
France, starting in 1967, but it is now out of production. Archambault, which had been founded in 1967, went out of business in 2015.
Design
The Brick is a recreational
keelboat, built predominantly of
wood. It has a 9/10
fractional sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
rig, with a single set of unswept spreaders. The hull has a
raked stem, a raised
reverse transom, a
skeg-mounted
rudder controlled by a
tiller and a fixed fin
keel. The deck has a
reverse sheer.
It displaces and carries of ballast. It has a
hull speed of .
See also
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List of sailing boat types
The following is a partial list of sailboat types and sailing classes, including keelboats, dinghies and multihull ( catamarans and trimarans).
Olympic classes
World Sailing Classes
Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...
References
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Keelboats
1960s sailboat type designs
Sailing yachts
Sailboat type designs by Jean-Jacques Herbulot
Sailboat types built by Archambault Boats
Sailboat types built by Chantier Mallard