Jeanneau Brin de Folie

The Jeanneau Brin de Folie, also called the Folie Douce, is a French sailboat that was designed by Jean Marie Finot and Philippe Harlé as a cruiser and first built in 1970.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Brin de Folie

Development
Designer	Jean Marie Finot and Philippe Harlé
Location	France
Year	1970
No. built	820
Builder(s)	Jeanneau
Role	Cruiser
Name	Brin de Folie
Boat
Displacement	6,614 lb (3,000 kg)
Draft	5.41 ft (1.65 m)
Hull
Type	monohull
Construction	fiberglass
LOA	28.54 ft (8.70 m)
LWL	22.15 ft (6.75 m)
Beam	10.17 ft (3.10 m)
Engine type	diesel inboard engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	fin keel
Ballast	2,425 lb (1,100 kg)
Rudder(s)	skeg-mounted rudder
Rig
Rig type	Bermuda rig
Sails
Sailplan	masthead sloop
Mainsail area	156 sq ft (14.5 m^2)
Jib/genoa area	151 sq ft (14.0 m^2)
Spinnaker area	689 sq ft (64.0 m^2)
Other sails	storm jib: 59 sq ft (5.5 m^2) genoa: 318 sq ft (29.5 m^2)
Upwind sail area	474 sq ft (44.0 m^2)
Downwind sail area	845 sq ft (78.5 m^2)

Production

The design was built by Jeanneau in France, from 1970 until 1980, with 820 boats completed. The design was originally marketed by the manufacturer as the Folie Douce (English: Tender Madness), but in 1975, halfway through the ten-year production run, the name was changed to Brin de Folie (English: Touch of Madness).^{[1][2][3][4][14][15][16]}

Design

The Brin de Folie is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, one set of straight spreaders and aluminum spars with stainless steel wire rigging. The hull has a raked stem; a raised counter, reverse transom; a skeg-mounted rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 6,614 lb (3,000 kg) and carries 2,425 lb (1,100 kg) of cast iron ballast.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The boat has a draft of 5.41 ft (1.65 m) with the standard keel and 4.83 ft (1.47 m) with the optional shoal draft keel.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The boat is optionally factory fitted with a inboard diesel engine of 10 hp (7 kW) or may use a small 10 hp (7 kW) outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.^[5][6]

The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, two straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a single berth on the starboard side. The galley is located on the port side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove, an ice box and a sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the starboard side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin. The fresh water tank has a capacity of 24 U.S. gallons (91 L; 20 imp gal). Cabin headroom is 73 in (185 cm) in the main cabin and 61 in (155 cm).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 689 sq ft (64.0 m²).^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

The design has a hull speed of 6.31 kn (11.69 km/h).^[3][4][5][6]

See also

• List of sailing boat types

References

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External links

• Official website