Roue 20

Roue 20

Development
Designer	William James Roué
Location	Canada
Year	1922
Name	Roue 20
Boat
Displacement	4,700 lb (2,132 kg)
Draft	4.2 ft (1.3 m)
Hull
Type	Monohull
Construction	Wood (later fiberglass)
LOA	31.00 ft (9.45 m)
LWL	21.00 ft (6.40 m)
Beam	8.00 ft (2.44 m)
Hull appendages
Keel/board type	long keel
Rudder	keel-mounted rudder
Rig
General	Fractional rigged sloop
I foretriangle height	26.80 ft (8.17 m)
J foretriangle base	9.75 ft (2.97 m)
P mainsail luff	35.30 ft (10.76 m)
E mainsail foot	14.80 ft (4.51 m)
Sails
Mainsail area	261.22 sq ft (24.268 m2)
Jib/genoa area	20.60 sq ft (1.914 m2)
Total sail area	381.82 sq ft (35.472 m2)

The Roue 20 is a Canadian sailboat, that was designed by William James Roué.¹²³

Roué was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1879. He lived in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and worked from 1899 to 1931 for the family firm, Roué's Carbonated Waters, when he design the boat in 1922.²⁴³

Most sailboats are named for their imperial or metric length overall, but the Roue 20's designation instead indicates it was William J. Roué's 20th design.²

The Roue 20 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of wood, with wood trim, although some newer ones incorporate some fiberglass. It has a fractional sloop rig, a keel-mounted rudder and a fixed long keel. It displaces 4,700 lb (2,132 kg). The boat has a draft of 4.20 ft (1.28 m) with the standard keel.¹³

The design has a hull speed of 6.14 kn (11.37 km/h).³