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Review of Grand Soleil 42


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Grand Soleil 42 is a large sailboat designed by the Argentine maritime architect Germán Frers in the late eighties. The Grand Soleil 42 is built by the Italian yard Cantiere del Pardo S.p.A..

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.


Keel

Shallow keel

The Grand Soleil 42 is equipped with a shallow keel. A shallow keel allow to sail both coastal and inland waters.

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.04 - 2.14 meter (6.69 - 6.99 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

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Sorry, we do not have sufficient statistical information available for this boat to provide a significant reliable analysis.

Maintenance

Rig

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.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
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 sheet27.8 m(91.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)

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