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CAP 450

Sailboat class

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Overview

The CAP 450 is a French trailerable sailboat for day sailing and fishing, first built in 1986.

Production

The design was built by Jeanneau in France, starting in 1986, but it is now out of production.

Design

The CAP 450 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig. The hull has a raked stem, an angled transom, a transom-hung rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed long keel. It displaces . The boat has a draft of with the standard long keel. The design has a hull speed of .

See also

*List of sailing boat types

External links

* *Photo of a CAP 450

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