Review of Sense 55
Basic specs.
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The Sense 55 is equipped with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.
Fin keel
The Sense 55 is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a full keel.
The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.85 - 1.95 meter (6.07 - 6.37 ft) dependent on the load.
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
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.
Sorry, we do not have sufficient statistical information available for this boat to provide a significant reliable analysis.
Maintenance
Dimensions of sail for fractional 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 | 51.8 m | (169.9 feet) | 6 mm | (1/4 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 51.8 m | (169.9 feet) | 6 mm | (1/4 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 51.8 m | (169.9 feet) | 6 mm | (1/4 inch) |
| Cunningham | 6.3 m | (20.8 feet) | 6 mm | (1/4 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 12.7 m | (41.7 feet) | 6 mm | (1/4 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 12.7 m | (41.7 feet) | 6 mm | (1/4 inch) |
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