Review of Jeanneau 40.3
Basic specs.
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Fin keel
The Jeanneau 40.3 is built with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.
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.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Jeanneau 40.3 is 1.96, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
Sailing statistics
This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Jeanneau 40.3 is 2.97.
Maintenance
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jib sheet | 11.8 m | (38.5 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 11.8 m | (38.5 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 29.4 m | (96.4 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 25.9 m | (84.8 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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