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This boat was designed by Groupe Finot starting from the schedule of conditions given by Cino Ricci to sail the Race Around Italy.  (http://web.tin.it/girovela/)

objectives accomodations

experience of Groupe Finot

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picture Pierre Forgia (Groupe Finot)

objectives

 

  • A boat for inshore regattas

  • a boat for offshore races with crew

  • a safe boat, stable, solid,

  • easy to use

  • fast

  • sober, easy to manufacture with the traditional processes, easy to repair

  • economic with the purchase
Overall length 10.2 m
Width 3.4 m
Draft 2.00 m
Displacement 3700 kg
Ballast 1150 kg
Main sail 49 mē
Genoa 29.5 m2
spi 109 m2
Water ballast 2X750 lt
 

To answer this demand, we used the acquired experience on the boats of mass production that we conceive (about 29000 boats which navigate), the racing one-design boats and the racing open boats (mini - transat, 50 ’ open, 60 ’ open).

The G34 is a simple boat in which the main thing of the spending is made for the safety, the sailing pleasure (the hull, the keel, the rigging).

 

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Accomodation

Sober, she is designed to sail in the sea but also to meet together around a drink in the harbour.
Total 6 berths, 3 on each side :
  • on the water ballastin
  • the aft
  • in the main room

A sober kitchen, chart table, 2 benches berth in the main room
in the stem area , toilet, sail compartment
if necessary, 2 berths more
The height inside is moderate (1.75 m).

amenagement interieur G34 (310 ko)
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Security was one of the essential element of our thoughts : solidity, stability (about 122°), large freeboard forward, position of the crew.

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The repercussions of Group Finot experiments in the design of these various boats are:
  • sobriety and easiness for building
  • sobriety in deck fitting
  • sobriety in handling
  • sobriety in accommodations
  • use of directional carbon mast (greater stability, greater solidity, better thinness, better output)
  • fin keel laminated (centre of gravity much lower)
  • the use of water ballast ( ratio weight/power much greater)