The Jeanneau Brio is a French trailerable

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that was designed by Philippe Harlé as a pocket cruiser and first built in 1979. The Brio is a development of the 1971

Jeanneau Love Love The Jeanneau Love Love is a French trailerable sailboat that was designed by Philippe Harlé as a coastal cruiser and first built in 1971. The design was developed into the raised deck Jeanneau Brio in 1979. Production The design was built ...

, incorporating a new raised deck design.

Production

The design was built by

Jeanneau Jeanneau is a French boatyard in Les Herbiers, in the Vendée département, which has produced yachts since 1957. It was founded by Henri Jeanneau, a hardware store owner, who began by producing power boats. Jeanneau specializes in monohulls, ...

in France, starting in 1979, but it is now out of production.

Design

The Brio is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of

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. It has a masthead sloop rig. The hull has a

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, a

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a transom-hung

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controlled by a

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and a fixed fin

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or stub keel and retractable

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. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a truncated double

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in the bow cabin and two straight settees in the main cabin around a table. The

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is located on both sides just aft of the bow cabin, with a single burner stove to port and a sink to starboard. The design has a hull speed of .

Variants

;Brio fixed keel :This fixed keel model displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel. ;Brio centerboard :This stub keel and centerboard model displaces . The boat has a draft of with the centerboard retracted.

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* {{Trailer sailers and Trailer yachts worldwide Keelboats 1970s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Trailer sailers Sailboat type designs by Philippe Harlé Sailboat types built by Jeanneau

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