At the request of a Swiss customer - incidentally owner of the sailmaker Boite à Voiles (www.voilerie.ch) - the shipyard Marée Haute has developed a "Lake" version for the Django 7.70. Even if the 7.70 is already sailing on Lake Geneva (4 copies have already been sold in Switzerland), this new version will be hyper-boosted. It has been developed with a fine connoisseur of navigation in these very special waters.
The first Django 7.70 had just a mast lengthened by 0.50 m without any other change. This time, the mast will be 1.50 m longer... In comparison, the yacht with its staysail (small jib) and 1 reefed mainsail will have as much sail area as the classic version!
To do this, the yard worked with VMG Soromap to develop a mast with two levels of pushing spreaders and a jib to carry downwind sails at the head. The boom is also longer and the horn bigger. For its part, the Swiss sailmaker has designed a panel of sails for light airs with a Code 0, a gennaker and a downwind spinnaker. Enough to compete in all conditions.
The yard has voluntarily worked on an aluminium mast, keeping carbon out of the way, to stay within a reasonable budget. The price difference between the classic version and the lake version will not exceed 3000 euros (excluding sails). Already other prospects seem to be interested in the project and the yard will propose this version to its catalogue. The first copy will be delivered in February 2017.
Django 7.70 Lake version
- Mainsail :
34m2 (28m2 in old version "Sea" )
Lives of mule 20cm lower
Boom 30cm longer - Flying Genoa :
Meadow sailing up to about 10-12kts of wind
Surface: 42m2
Amused on the outside - Medium Genoa :
Meadow sailing up to 15-18Kts of wind
Surface: 21m2 - Breeze jib
Surface: 16m2 - Spi Runner
Sailing downwind from 10kts of wind
Surface: 81m2 - Spinnaker Capelage
Sail of "breeze"
Surface: 72m2 - Spi Code 0 windable
Easy to use from 60 to 120 degrees of wind for petrol or family sailing
Surface area: 64 m2
Mainsail + code 0
Mainsail + flying genoa
High mainsail + medium jib
High mainsail + breeze jib
Mainsail 1 reef + breeze jib
