Key Dimensions
- Length (LOA): 7.68 m (25' 2")
- Length on waterline: 6.00 m (19' 8")
- Beam: 2.20 m, Sail area: 24.00 m² (258 ft²)
- Draft: 1.2m (3' 11")
- Weight: 1930 kg (2.12 Imp. tons) (minimum)
- Ballast: 1050 kg (1.16 Imp. tons)
The iron ballast keel represents more than half of this displacement making the Folkboat extremely stiff and seaworthy, and it is one of the smallest craft to have made regular ocean crossings and circumnavigations.
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