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Review of Jetwind 14


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Jetwind 14 is a small sailing dinghy designed in the early seventies. The Jetwind 14 is built by the American yard Sears, Roebuck & Co..

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Keel

DaggerBoard aka Sword

The Jetwind 14 is equipped with a daggerboard keel. A daggerboard is a lifting keel that can be lowered and raised, allowing the boat to enter shallow waters as well.

The boat can sail close to the beach as the draft is just 0.10 - 0.20 meter (0.33 - 0.63 ft) dependent of the load. See immersion rate below.


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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Jetwind 14 is about 33 kg/cm, alternatively 189 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 33 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 189 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.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Jetwind 14 is 3.43.

Wide Slim 99% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar dinghies it is slimmer than 99% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more speedy hull design. This type of design is also referred to as 'needle'.


Maintenance

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Finally

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