Design
Meaban
Designed by François Vivier
Meaban is a 6.82 m trailerable classic cruiser with a 2.30 m beam and accommodation for three or four. Her centerboard pivots under the cockpit sole, which leaves the cabin clear for a small galley, lockers, a toilet between the forward berths and a sliding chart table.
To stay light enough to tow, she is built on an egg-box structure of 10 mm plywood bulkheads, with a developed plywood bottom panel and sides cold molded from 4 mm plywood strips over stringers. She may also be strip planked. The standard rig is a gaff sloop, and her shallow draft with the board up suits small drying harbors. The first one was launched by a home builder in 2006. Building her requires full-size patterns, a plywood kit or CNC cutting files.
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