Edel 820

The Edel 820 is a French sailboat that was designed by Maurice Edel and first built in 1980.

Production
The design was built by Construction Nautic Edel in France and also at its Canadian subsidiary, Edel Canada. Between 1980 and 1982 a total of 60 examples were completed. The boat is now out of production.

Design
The Edel 820 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with teak wood trim. It has a masthead sloop rig, a raked stem, a reverse transom, an internally mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a wheel or tiller and a fixed fin keel or stub keel and centreboard. It displaces 7050 lb and carries 2646 lb of ballast.

The keel-equipped version of the boat has a draft of 4.33 ft, while the centreboard-equipped version has a draft of 5.92 ft with the centreboard extended and 3.28 ft with it retracted.

The boat is fitted with a Swedish Volvo Penta MD7A diesel engine of 13 hp connected to a Volvo Penta 110S saildrive. Some boats have been retrofitted with a small outboard motor in place of the inboard diesel, for docking and maneuvering.

Below decks the design has 6 ft headroom. Sleeping accommodation is provided for six adults, with a "V"-berth forward, two berths in the main cabin and two aft berths. The design employs teak brightwork. The galley has a two-burner gimbaled propane-powered stove an ice box and a manually-pumped water system. There is also a navigation chart table and a head with an 18 u.s.gal tank.

The design has a hull speed of 6.36 kn.