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Jeanneau Yachts 60

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Jeanneau Yachts 60 exterior — Jeanneau

Design

Designer
Andrew Winch / Winch Design
Naval architect
Philippe Briand

Summary

60 ftLOA8.4 ftDRAFT17.1 ftBEAM
Sailing MonohullSail
Length overall
60 ft
Beam
17.1 ft
Draft
8.4 ft
Air draft
—
Displacement
—

* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.

Best Suited For

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Sailing Ratios

Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.

Sail area / displacement

How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.

ModestCruiserPerformanceRacing162024
  • not published: sail area, displacement
How it is worked out

sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔

Displacement / length

How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.

UltralightLightModerateHeavyVery heavy100180270350
  • not published: displacement, waterline length
How it is worked out

displacement (long tons) ÷ (0.01 × waterline length in ft)³

Ballast ratio

The share of the weight carried in the keel — a rough guide to stiffness, though how deep that weight sits matters as much.

LowModerateHigh3040
  • not published: ballast, displacement
How it is worked out

ballast ÷ displacement × 100

Comfort ratio

Ted Brewer's measure of how gently a boat moves in a seaway. Higher means a slower, easier motion.

LightCoastalModerate offshoreHeavy offshoreVery heavy20304050
  • not published: displacement, waterline length
How it is worked out

displacement (lb) ÷ (0.65 × (0.7 × LWL + 0.3 × LOA) × beam^1.333), lengths in ft

Capsize screening

A guide from the inquiry after the 1979 Fastnet race: below 2 was taken as suited to ocean passages. It ignores hull shape and where the ballast sits.

Below 22 and above2
  • not published: displacement
How it is worked out

beam (ft) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅓

Hull speed

Roughly the speed a displacement hull reaches before it has to climb its own bow wave.

  • not published: waterline length
How it is worked out

1.34 × √(waterline length in ft), in knots

Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.

Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.

  • Fuel84 gal
    Water100 gal

A figure marked with a quote mark was read from the builder's page. Open it for the exact line, the page and the date.

Dimensions

LOA
60 ft (18.28 m)
Hull length
57.1 ft (17.41 m)
LWL
—
Beam
17.1 ft (5.2 m)
Draft (min)
8.4 ft (2.55 m)
Draft (max)
8.4 ft (2.55 m)
Air draft
—
Displacement
—
Ballast
—
Cabins
3–6
Heads
—
Berths
—

Sail Plan

Main sail
—
Jib
—
Genoa
—
Sail area
—
Downwind sail area
—
Rig type
—

Engine and Tanks

Engine
—
Engine count
—
Engine manufacturer
—
Propulsion type
—
Fuel capacity
84 gal (318 L)
Fresh water capacity
100 gal (380 L)
Black water capacity
—

Construction

Mast material
—
Hull material
—
Deck material
—
Keel type
standard keel
Rudder type
—
Steering wheels
—

Figures read fromwww.jeanneau.com/boats/sailboat/4-jeanneau-yachts/653-jeanneau-yachts-60· Layouts & Specsread 9/20/2026

Layouts & Drawings

12 drawings from the builder's page: general arrangement, sail plan, profile.

Brochure

Download the official Jeanneau Yachts 60 brochure (PDF)

About Jeanneau

Volume production

French builder of sailing and motor yachts, founded in Les Herbiers in 1957 by Henry Jeanneau.

In 1957 Henry Jeanneau, already a lover of aeroplanes and cars, discovered powerboating watching a boat pass his window, built a wooden hull at Les Herbiers and won the 6-hour Paris race with it -- a pastime became a trade. The yard built its first fibreglass hull in 1958, its first production powerboat, the Sea Bird, in 1963, and its first sailboats with the Alizé in 1964; sailing was democratised through the 1970s, a Melody raced the single-handed transatlantic in 1976, and from 1980 Jeanneau went powerboat racing, later setting a production-engine speed record of 170.21 km/h in 1987. Between 1982 and 1998 Jeanneau was the exclusive supplier of the Sailing Tour de France, the Sun Kiss of 1983 became a reference among large cruisers, the Fleury Michon catamarans built for Philippe Poupon won the Route du Rhum in 1986 and the transatlantic record in 1987, the first Lagoon catamaran was built in 1985 and the first Prestige, by Garroni Design, in 1989. Jeanneau America was created in 1996, the Sun Odyssey line drove the 2000s, the Sun Fast 3200 of 2008 was European Yacht of the Year, the Jeanneau 64 of 2014 was the first production yacht over sixty feet, the sixtieth anniversary came in 2017 with production of the NC 895 starting in Cadillac, Michigan, and the walk-around decks arrived on cruising sailboats in 2018.

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The Jeanneau Range

Every model Jeanneau publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.

  1. Jeanneau Yachts 6567.1 ft
  2. Jeanneau Yachts 60· this model60 ft
  3. Jeanneau Yachts 5555.7 ft
  4. Sun Odyssey 49047.3 ft
  5. Sun Odyssey 45546.9 ft
  6. Sun Odyssey 41040.5 ft
  7. Sun Odyssey 41540.5 ft
  8. Sun Odyssey 38538.5 ft
  9. Sun Odyssey 38036.8 ft

By the Same Designers

Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.

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