Review of Dickerson 41
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The Dickerson 41 is equipped with a ketch rig. A ketch rig is generally considered easier to handle, because the sails are smaller, and because it can sail on most points to the wind with one sail completely taken down for repair or while reefing. The sail configuration of a ketch allows for better comfort and stability when sailing downwind or on a broad reach.
Full keel
The Dickerson 41 is equipped with a long keel. A full keel provide a better directional stability than a similar boat with a fin keel; on the other hand, better directional stability means also that the boat is more difficult to handle in a harbour with less space.
The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.37 - 1.47 meter (4.49 - 4.79 ft) dependent on the load.
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Westerbeke 4-230 diesel engine at 50 hp (37 kW).
Sailing characteristics
This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.
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Sailing statistics
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The ballast ratio for Dickerson 41 is 35%.
Maintenance
Dimensions of sail for ketch rig.
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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Mainsail halyard | 32.6 m | (107.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 32.6 m | (107.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 32.6 m | (107.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 12.7 m | (41.5 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 12.7 m | (41.5 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 31.6 m | (103.8 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 27.8 m | (91.3 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Cunningham | 4.6 m | (15.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 9.1 m | (30.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 9.1 m | (30.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
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