Suspens

Short description: Sailboat class

SuspensDevelopment

Designer| Joubert Nivelt Design
Location| France
Year| 1979
No. built| 63
Builder(s)| Archambault Boats
Role| Racer-Cruiser
Boat
Boat weight| 6,118 lb (2,775 kg)
Draft| 5.91 ft (1.80 m)
Hull
Type| monohull
Construction| fibreglass
LOA| 30.35 ft (9.25 m)
LWL| 25.59 ft (7.80 m)
Beam| 9.84 ft (3.00 m)
Engine type| Renault Couach 7 hp (5 kW) diesel engine
Hull appendages
Keel/board type| fin keel
Ballast| 1,830 lb (830 kg)
Rudder(s)| internally-mounted spade-type rudder
Rig
Rig type| Bermuda rig
I (foretriangle height)| 35.27 ft (10.75 m)
J (foretriangle base)| 10.66 ft (3.25 m)
P (mainsail luff)| 38.06 ft (11.60 m)
E (mainsail foot)| 13.78 ft (4.20 m)
Sails
Sailplan| fractional rigged sloop
Mainsail area| 288 sq ft (26.8 m2)
Jib/genoa area| 174 sq ft (16.2 m2)
Spinnaker area| 861 sq ft (80.0 m2)
Other sails| genoa: 281 sq ft (26.1 m2)
Upwind sail area| 569 sq ft (52.9 m2)
Downwind sail area| 1,150 sq ft (107 m2)

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The Suspens (English: Suspense) is a French sailboat that was designed by Joubert Nivelt Design as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1979.[1][2][3][4]

## Contents

* 1 Production
* 2 Design
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Production

The design was built by Archambault Boats of Dangé-Saint-Romain, France . The production run was eight years, from 1979 to 1987, with 63 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1][2][5][6]

## Design

The Suspens is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a keel-stepped mast, wire standing rigging and a single set of swept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem, a sharply reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 6,118 lb (2,775 kg) and carries 1,830 lb (830 kg) of cast iron ballast.[1][2]

The boat has a draft of 5.91 ft (1.80 m) with the standard keel.[1][2]

The boat is fitted with a French Renault Couach diesel engine of 7 hp (5 kW) for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds 7.9 U.S. gallons (30 L; 6.6 imp gal) and the fresh water tank has a capacity of 31.7 U.S. gallons (120 L; 26.4 imp gal).[1][2]

The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped and a straight settee in the main cabin around a drop leaf table and two aft quarter berths. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a stainless steel sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side.[2]

For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 861 sq ft (80.0 m2). It has a hull speed of 6.78 kn (12.56 km/h).[2]

## See also

* List of sailing boat types

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Suspens (Archambault) sailboat". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/suspens-archambault.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Suspens Fin Keel". Boat-Specs.com. 2020. https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/sailboats/archambault/suspens-fin-keel.
3. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Joubert-Nivelt". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/designer/joubert-nivelt.
4. ↑ "Joubert Nivelt Design". Boat-Specs.com. 2020. https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/designers/joubert-nivelt-design.
5. ↑ McArthur, Bruce (2020). "Archambault Boats (FRA) 1967 - 2014". sailboatdata.com. https://sailboatdata.com/builder/archambault-boats-fra.
6. ↑ "Archambault". Boat-Specs.com. 2020. https://www.boat-specs.com/sailing/builders/archambault.

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