Cifraline 1/4 Ton Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview

Hull type

Monohull · fin

Rig

Fractional Sloop

LOA

24.61' · 7.5 m

Displ.

2,756 lbs · 1,250 kg

First year

1981

The Cifraline 1/4 Ton represents a pivotal era in the history of the renowned French shipyard Fountaine Pajot, long before the company became synonymous with luxury cruising catamarans. Built in the late 1970s and early 1980s at the Aigrefeuilled'Aunis facility, the Cifraline monohulls were the commercial manifestation of JeanFrançois Fountaine’s passion for highperformance ocean racing. Developed under the International Offshore Rule (IOR), this quartertonner was designed by the prolific naval architecture firm of Michel Joubert and Bernard Nivelt. It was during this period that the yard established its reputation for technical excellence, as detailed in the Fountaine Pajot Official History, which notes the transition from Olympic dinghies like the 505 to worldchampion IOR prototypes.