The Edel 665 is a French
sailboat
A sailboat or sailing boat is a boat propelled partly or entirely by sails and is smaller than a sailing ship. Distinctions in what constitutes a sailing boat and ship vary by region and maritime culture.
Types
Although sailboat terminology ...
, that was designed by
Maurice Edel Maurice may refer to:
People
*Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr
*Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor
*Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lo ...
and first built in 1984. It was marketed as the Edel 660 in France and is sometimes referred to as the Edel 6.
[Sherwood, Richard M.: ''A Field Guide to Sailboats of North America, Second Edition'', pages 144-145. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. ]
Production
The design was built by
Construction Nautic Edel
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in
France
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and also at its Canadian subsidiary,
Edel Canada. Between 1975 and 1984 a total of 900 examples were completed.
Design
The Edel 665 is a small recreational
keelboat
A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht. The boats in the first category have shallow structural keels, and are nearly flat-bottomed and often used leeboards if forced in open wat ...
, built predominantly of
fiberglass
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, with
mahogany
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wood trim. It has a
fractional sloop
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rig, a
raked stem
The stem is the most forward part of a boat or ship's bow and is an extension of the keel itself. It is often found on wooden boats or ships, but not exclusively.
Description
The stem is the curved edge stretching from the keel below, up to ...
, a vertical
transom
Transom may refer to:
* Transom (architecture), a bar of wood or stone across the top of a door or window, or the window above such a bar
* Transom (nautical), that part of the stern of a vessel where the two sides of its hull meet
* Operation Tran ...
, a
skeg
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-mounted spade-type
rudder
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controlled by a
tiller
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and a fixed fin
keel
The keel is the bottom-most longitudinal structural element on a vessel. On some sailboats, it may have a hydrodynamic and counterbalancing purpose, as well. As the laying down of the keel is the initial step in the construction of a ship, in Br ...
. It displaces and carries of ballast.
The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The boat is normally fitted with a small
outboard motor
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for docking and maneuvering.
Features include a lifting eye on the keel to facilitate winching the boat in and out of the water with a crane, opening foredeck hatch, a
mainsheet traveller and
genoa
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tracks. Accommodations can sleep four people on a "V"-berth, a convertible settee and quarter berth. Factory options included
jibsheet
In sailing, a sheet is a line (rope, cable or chain) used to control the movable corner(s) (clews) of a sail.
Terminology
In nautical usage the term "sheet" is applied to a line or chain attached to the lower corners of a sail for the purpose ...
winches, a hydraulic "pop-top", a recirculating
head
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and a
spinnaker
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.
The design has a
hull speed
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of .
Operational history
The design was named ''Boat of the Year'' at the Paris Boat Show.
See also
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List of sailing boat types
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Olympic classes
World Sailing Classes
Historically known as the IYRU (International Yacht Racing ...
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References
External links
Official brochure{{Construction Nautic Edel
Keelboats
1970s sailboat type designs
Sailing yachts
Sailboat type designs by Maurice Edel
Sailboat types built by Edel