RM 980

Design

Naval architect

Marc Lombard Design Group

Summary

Best Suited For

• Short-Handed

  From the published figures: hull length 9.8 m · upwind 66 m²

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.

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.

Dimensions

LOA

—

Hull length

32.2 ft (9.8 m)

LWL

—

Beam

12.1 ft (3.7 m)

Draft (min)

5.5 ft (1.69 m)

Draft (max)

6.5 ft (1.98 m)

Air draft

—

Displacement

9,259 lb (4,200 kg)

Ballast

—

Cabins

—

Heads

—

Berths

—

Sail Plan

Main sail

355 ft² (33 m²)

Jib

—

Genoa

355 ft² (33 m²)

Sail area

710 ft² (66 m²)

Downwind sail area

—

Rig type

—

Engine and Tanks

Engine

—

Engine count

1

Engine manufacturer

Volvo Penta/Nanni

Propulsion type

saildrive

Fuel capacity

17 gal (65 L)

Fresh water capacity

42 gal (160 L)

Black water capacity

—

Construction

Mast material

—

Hull material

Glass-reinforced plywood

Deck material

Glass Sandwich

Keel type

—

Rudder type

—

Steering wheels

—

Builder's Own Figures

Keel options

keel draft: 1,69M/1,98M (twin / single keel, in that order on the page)

Architect

Marc Lombard Design Group

Upwind sail area

mainsail + J1

Sail plan

gennaker 52M²; j2 18.5M²; main sail 33M²; j1 33M²; asymmetric spinnaker 95M²

Engine

Volvo Penta/Nanni 20 CV (CV = metric horsepower; not entered as hp)

Displacement basis

light displacement

About RM Yachts

Semi-custom

French builder of plywood-epoxy performance cruising yachts from 30 to 45 feet — the RM 890+, 980, 1080, 1180 and 1380, all drawn by Marc Lombard — building at La Rochelle since 1989, with more than 600 boats sailing.

RM has been building since 1989, and the yard's own archive of every model it has made since then counts more than 600 RM sailing today, around the world.

The RM Yachts Range

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

1. RM 138043.6 ft
2. RM 118038.7 ft
3. RM 108035.4 ft
4. RM 980· this model32.2 ft
5. RM 890+29.2 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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