| Suspens | |
| Designer: | Joubert Nivelt Design |
| Location: | France |
| Year: | 1979 |
| No Built: | 63 |
| Builder: | Archambault Boats |
| Role: | Racer-Cruiser |
| Draft: | 5.91feet |
| Displacement: | 61180NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | monohull |
| Construction: | fibreglass |
| Loa: | 30.35feet |
| Lwl: | 25.59feet |
| Beam: | 9.84feet |
| Engine: | Renault Couach 70NaN0 diesel engine |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 18300NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rig Type: | Bermuda rig |
| I: | 35.27feet |
| J: | 10.66feet |
| P: | 38.06feet |
| E: | 13.78feet |
| Sailplan: | fractional rigged sloop |
| Sailarea Main: | 288square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 174square feet |
| Sailarea Spin: | 861square feet |
| Sails Other: | genoa 281square feet |
| Sailarea Upwind: | 569square feet |
| Sailarea Downwind: | 1150square feet |
The Suspens (English: Suspense) is a French sailboat that was designed by Joubert Nivelt Design as a racer-cruiser and first built in 1979.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The design was built by Archambault Boats of Dangé-Saint-Romain, France. The production run was eight years, from 1979 to 1987, with 63 boats completed, but it is now out of production.[1] [2] [5] [6]
The Suspens is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fibreglass. It has a 7/8 fractional sloop rig with aluminum spars, a keel-stepped mast, wire standing rigging and a single set of swept spreaders. The hull has a raked stem, a sharply reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces 61180NaN0 and carries 18300NaN0 of cast iron ballast.[1] [2]
The boat has a draft of 5.91feet with the standard keel.[1] [2]
The boat is fitted with a French Renault Couach diesel engine of 70NaN0 for docking and manoeuvring. The fuel tank holds and the fresh water tank has a capacity of .[1] [2]
The design has sleeping accommodation for six people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped and a straight settee in the main cabin around a drop leaf table and two aft quarter berths. The galley is located on the starboard side just forward of the companionway ladder. The galley is equipped with a two-burner stove and a stainless steel sink. A navigation station is opposite the galley, on the port side. The head is located just aft of the bow cabin on the port side.[2]
For sailing downwind the design may be equipped with a symmetrical spinnaker of 861square feet. It has a hull speed of 6.78kn.[2]