The Simoun 485 represents a sophisticated evolution in the lineage of French performance dinghies, emerging from the Gouteron shipyard in 1972 as a larger, more robust alternative to the ubiquitous Simoun 445. While its smaller sibling, the 445, gained fame as a light-air specialist and a staple of French sailing schools, the 485 was engineered to provide a more stable and powerful platform for coastal exploration and competitive club racing. Constructed primarily of fiberglass, the 485 retained Gouteron’s signature design philosophy: accessibility through innovation. It was one of the early adopters of a fully integrated, self-bailing double bottom, a feature that significantly enhanced safety by allowing the cockpit to drain almost instantly following a capsize or a heavy shipping of green water.
Simoun 485 Sailboats for Sale & Market Overview
- Make
- Simoun
- Model
- 485
- Builder
- Chantiers Gouteron
- Designer
- Chantiers Gouteron
- Number Built
- Production Year(s)
- 1972 - ??
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