| Fun 23 | |
| Designer: | Joubert-Nivelt |
| Location: | France |
| Year: | 1982 |
| Builder: | Jeanneau, Ranger Yachts & Cantiere Nautico Lillia |
| Displacement: | 18750NaN0 |
| Hull Type: | Monohull |
| Construction: | Fiberglass |
| Loa: | 23.33feet |
| Lwl: | 17.92feet |
| Beam: | 8feet |
| Hull Draft: | 5.33feet centreboard down, 2.33feet centreboard up |
| Keel Type: | fin keel |
| Ballast: | 7600NaN0 |
| Rudder Type: | internally-mounted spade-type rudder |
| Rigs: | Fractional rigged sloop |
| I: | 22.2feet |
| J: | 8.7feet |
| P: | 27.9feet |
| E: | 10.5feet |
| Sailarea Main: | 146.48square feet |
| Sailarea Headsail: | 96.57square feet |
| Sailarea Total: | 243.05square feet |
| Phrf: | 180 (average) |
The Fun 23 is a French trailerable sailboat, that was designed by Joubert-Nivelt for one design racing and first built in 1982. The design is out of production.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The boat was built by Jeanneau in France, Ranger Yachts in the United States and Cantiere Nautico Lillia in Italy. Jeanneau built a small number of the design, while Ranger completed about 100 examples.[1] [5] [6] [7]
The Fun 23 was conceived by French sailor Alain Forgeot and became an active one-design class in Europe. The design shares a sailplan with the Soling design.[1]
The Fun 23 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, an internally-mounted spade-type rudder and a swing-up fin keel. It displaces 18750NaN0 and carries 7600NaN0 of iron ballast.[1] [2]
The design has a draft of 5.33feet with the keel down and 2.33feet with the keel up.[1]
The boat is normally fitted with a small 2to outboard motor for docking and maneuvering.[1] [4]
The design has sleeping accommodation for four people, with a double "V"-berth in the bow cabin and two straight settee berths in the main cabin. Cabin headroom is 460NaN0.[4]
The boat has a PHRF racing average handicap of 180 with a high of 192 and low of 174. It has a hull speed of 5.672NaN2.[2]
In a 2010 review Steve Henkel wrote, "Ranger Yachts built about 100 Fun 23's ... The French team of Joubert & Nivelt designed her ... Jeanneau in France also built a few, and an Italian firm, Lillia, also has been a builder. Although the Fun is said to have the same sailplan as a Soling (a 27-foot one-design racing sailboat), actually the mainsails have same dimensions but the foretriangle on the Fun is much smaller than the Soling’s. There are two rigs, a short rig and a 'regular' rig ... the regular rig has a taller but still less-than-masthead jib ... she is strictly a bare-bones overnighter when it comes to accommodations."[4]