Love love

Sailboat specifications

The Love love is a 21’8” (6.6m) cruising sailboat designed by Jeanneau Design Office (France). She was built between 1970 and 1979 by Jeanneau (France) with 780 hulls completed.

Love love's main features

Model: Love love
Hull type: Monohull
Category: Coastal cruising sailboat
Sailboat builder: Jeanneau
Sailboat designer: Jeanneau Design Office
Country: France
Construction: Hull and deck: GRP (glass reinforced polyester)
Number of hulls built: 780
First built hull: 1970
Last built hull: 1979
Appendages: Keel : fin without bulb
Helm: Single tiller
Rudder: Single semi-spade rudder
Unsinkable: No
Trailerable: Yes
Former French navigation category: 3
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only): N/A €

Love love's main dimensions

Hull length: 21’ 8”6.6 m
Waterline length: 18’ 6”5.65 m
Beam (width): 8’2.45 m
Draft: 3’ 5”1.05 m
Mast height from D_WL: 33’ 6”10.2 m
Light displacement (M_LC): 2646 lb1200 kg
Ballast weight: 1036 lb470 kg
French customs tonnage: 3.43 Tx

Love love's rig and sails

Upwind sail area: 269 ft²25 m²
Downwind sail area: 441 ft²41 m²
Mainsail area: 118 ft²11 m²
Genoa area: 151 ft²14 m²
Jib area: 91 ft²8.5 m²
Stormjib area: 43 ft²4 m²
Symmetric spinnaker area: 323 ft²30 m²
Rigging type: Sloop Marconi masthead
Mast configuration: Deck stepped mast
Rotating spars: No
Number of levels of spreaders: 1
Spreaders angle: 0 °
Spars construction: Aluminum spars
Standing rigging: 1x19 strand wire

Love love's performances

Upwind sail area to displacement iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds. The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size. Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat.: 238 ft²/T22.14 m²/T
Downwind sail area to displacement iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds. The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.: 391 ft²/T36.31 m²/T
Displacement-length ratio (DLR) iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet). The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length: a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat.: 188
Ballast ratio iThe Ballast ratio is an indicator of stability; it is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement by the mass of the ballast. Since the stability depends also of the hull shapes and the position of the center of gravity, only the boats with similar ballast arrangements and hull shapes should be compared. The higher the ballast ratio is, the greater is the stability.: 39 %
Critical hull speed iAs a ship moves in the water, it creates standing waves that oppose its movement. This effect increases dramatically the resistance when the boat reaches a speed-length ratio (speed-length ratio is the ratio between the speed in knots and the square root of the waterline length in feet) of about 1.2 (corresponding to a Froude Number of 0.35) . This very sharp rise in resistance, between speed-length ratio of 1.2 to 1.5, is insurmountable for heavy sailboats and so becomes an apparent barrier. This leads to the concept of "hull speed". The hull speed is obtained by multiplying the square root of the waterline length (in feet) by 1.34.: 5.77 knots