Feeling 850 Fin keel

Sailboat specifications

The Feeling 850 is a 27’11” (8.5m) cruiser-racer sailboat designed by Philippe Briand (France). She was built between 1983 and 1989 by Kirié (France) with 313 hulls completed. The Fin keel version adopts a classical fin configuration, the easiest option to provide a low center of gravity.

The Feeling 850 has also been marketed as Elite 30.

Feeling 850's main features

Model: Feeling 850
Version: Fin keel
Hull type: Monohull
Category: Cruiser-racer sailboat
Sailboat builder: Kirié
Sailboat designer: Philippe Briand
Sailboat range: Feeling
Country: France
Construction: GRP (glass reinforced polyester):
- Hull: Single skin fiberglass polyester
- Deck: Sandwich balsa fiberglass polyester
Number of hulls built: 313
First built hull: 1983
Last built hull: 1989
Appendages: Keel : fin without bulb
Helm: Single tiller
Rudder: Single spade rudder
Unsinkable: No
Trailerable: No
Former French navigation category: 2
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only): N/A €

Feeling 850's main dimensions

Hull length: 27’ 11”8.5 m
Waterline length: 24’ 5”7.45 m
Beam (width): 10’ 6”3.2 m
Draft: 5’ 7”1.7 m
Mast height from D_WL: 42’ 8”13 m
Light displacement (M_LC): 6173 lb2800 kg
Ballast weight: 2315 lb1050 kg
Ballast type: Cast iron
French customs tonnage: 7.65 Tx

Feeling 850's rig and sails

Upwind sail area: 474 ft²44 m²
Downwind sail area: 840 ft²78 m²
Mainsail area: 172 ft²16 m²
Genoa area: 301 ft²28 m²
Solent area: 221 ft²20.5 m²
Jib area: 172 ft²16 m²
Stormjib area: 61 ft²5.7 m²
Symmetric spinnaker area: 667 ft²62 m²
I iFore triangle height (from mast foot to fore stay top attachment): 36’ 1”10.99 m
J iFore triangle base (from mast foot to bottom of forestay): 11’3.36 m
P iMainsail hoist measurement (from tack to head): 30’ 4”9.24 m
E iMainsail foot measurement (from tack to clew): 10’ 4”3.15 m
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 continuous

Feeling 850's performances

HN (French rating) iHN or "Handicap Nationale" is an empirical rating system used in France allowing various monohulls, of different sizes and designs, to race each other fairly. It is particularly suitable for cruiser and cruiser-racer. Therefore, by comparing these values, we can have an indication of the relative speed of 2 boats.: 17.0
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/T22.15 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.: 423 ft²/T39.26 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.: 192
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.: 38 %
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.: 6.62 knots

Feeling 850's auxiliary engine

Engine(s): 1 inboard engine
Engine(s) power: 8 HP
Fuel type: Diesel
Fuel tank capacity: 6.6 gal25 liters

Feeling 850's accommodations and layout

Cockpit: Closed aft cockpit
Cabin(s): 1
Berth(s): 6
Head(s): 1
Freshwater tank capacity: 23.8 gal90 liters
Fridge/ice-box capacity: 10.6 gal40 liters
Maximum headroom: 5’ 11”1.8 m
Galley headroom: 5’ 11”1.8 m
Head headroom: 5’ 8”1.74 m

Feeling 850's saloon

Maximum headroom: 5’ 10”1.78 m
Saloon table length: 3’ 6”1.06 m
Saloon table width (min./max.): 1’ 10”0.55 m / 3’0.9 m
Saloon width (min./max.): 5’ 4”1.63 m / 7’ 10”2.37 m
Berth length: 6’ 5”1.96 m
Berth width (head/elbows/knees/feet): 1’ 7”0.5 m / 1’ 6”0.45 m / 1’ 4”0.4 m / 1’ 1”0.35 m

Feeling 850's fore cabin

Berth length: 6’ 5”1.96 m
Berth width (head/elbows/knees/feet): 5’ 2”1.6 m / 3’ 11”1.2 m / 2’ 4”0.71 m / 1’0.31 m

Feeling 850's aft cabin

Maximum headroom: 5’ 8”1.74 m
Berth length: 6’ 1”1.85 m
Berth width (head/elbows/knees/feet): 4’ 11”1.49 m / 4’ 5”1.34 m / 3’ 8”1.13 m / 2’ 7”0.8 m