The Edel 665 is a French sailboat, that was designed by Maurice Edel and first built in 1984. It was marketed as the Edel 660 in France and is sometimes referred to as the Edel 6. Production The design was built by Construction Nautic Edel in France and also at its Canadian subsidiary, Edel Canada. Between 1975 and 1984 a total of 900 examples were completed. Design The Edel 665 is a small recreational keelboat, built predominantly of fiberglass, with mahogany wood trim. It has a fractional sloop rig, a raked stem, a vertical transom, a skeg-mounted spade-type rudder controlled by a tiller and a fixed fin keel. It displaces and carries of ballast. The boat has a draft of with the standard keel fitted. The boat is normally fitted with a small outboard motor for docking and maneuvering. Features include a lifting eye on the keel to facilitate winching the boat in and out of the water with a crane, opening foredeck hatch, a mainsheet traveller and genoa tracks. Accommodations can sleep four people on a "V"-berth, a convertible settee and quarter berth. Factory options included jibsheet winches, a hydraulic "pop-top", a recirculating head and a spinnaker. The design has a hull speed of . Operational history The design was named Boat of the Year at the Paris Boat Show. See also List of sailing boat types Related development Edel 540 Similar sailboats Alberg 22 Buccaneer 220 Cape Dory 22 Capri 22 CS 22 DS-22 Falmouth Cutter 22 Hunter 22 J/22 Marlow-Hunter 22 Marshall 22 Nonsuch 22 Pearson Electra Pearson Ensign Ranger 22 Santana 22 Seaward 22 Spindrift 22 Starwind 223 Tanzer 22 Triton 22 US Yachts US 22 References External links Official brochure Keelboats 1970s sailboat type designs Sailing yachts Sailboat type designs by Maurice Edel Sailboat types built by Edel