Hull form · What it is for
Sailing MonohullsCoastal Cruising · under 30 ft
Sailing Monohulls · Coastal Cruising · under 30 ft: YachtCodex lists 6 models, 5.6–8.5 m long. The builders with the most are Beneteau (4) and Saffier Yachts (2). The largest in production is the Saffier SC 8m Cabin (8.5 m); the shallowest draft is the Beneteau First 18 SE's (0.18 m).
Sailing Monohulls
One hull, a keel to hold it up against the sails, and the oldest arrangement still in production. A monohull heels, which is how it tells the crew what the wind is doing, and it rights itself because the ballast under it wants to hang downward. It is the form most sailors learn on and the one most ocean races are still run in.
Coastal Cruising
Boats certified and sized for the coast: CE Category B or C, up to 16 metres for a sailing yacht and up to 24 metres for a motor yacht, racers excluded. Above 24 metres a boat is a crewed yacht under the Large Yacht Code rather than something a family takes out, which is where this list stops. A motor boat that publishes no CE class still counts when its type is a day type -- sport cruiser, day boat, bowrider, centre console, RIB, jet boat, pontoon -- and it is 16 metres or under, because those types are built for the coast by definition.
- Models
- 6
- Builders
- 2
- Length range
- 5.6–8.5 m18–28 ft
- In production
- 6
