Review of Clipper 42
Basic specs.
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The deck is made of steel.
The interior is like most other boats made of teak. Teak has the advantage of being naturally very oily and therefore water-repellent, which is suitable on boats.
The boat is equipped with 9 berths, a galley, 380.0 liter fresh water capacity and toilet facility.
Note: the boat has also been sold to be self-made/-interiored, which means that the quality of each boat may vary.
The Clipper 42 is equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.
Clipper 42 may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta engine at 61 hp (45 kW). The speed is 9.0 knots.
The transmission is a shaft drive. A shaft drive will in the long run require less maintenance than other types of drive e.g. a sail drive.
The fuel tank, which is made of steel, has a capacity of 200.0 liters (52 US gallons, 43 imperial gallons).
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 Clipper 42 is 1.78, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?
The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 8.4 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Clipper 42 is about 304 kg/cm, alternatively 1703 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 304 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1703 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.
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 Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?
The Motion Comfort Ratio for Clipper 42 is 29.2.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Clipper 42 is 3.42.
What is Displacement Length Ratio?
The DL-ratio for Clipper 42 is 163 which categorizes this boat among 'light racers'.
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 | 13.0 m | (42.7 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 13.0 m | (42.7 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 32.5 m | (106.6 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 28.6 m | (93.8 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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