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Review of Sweden Yachts 54 Racing


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Sweden Yachts 54 Racing is a large sailboat designed by the Swedish maritime architect Peter Norlin together with Jens Östmann. The Sweden Yachts 54 Racing is built by the Swedish yard Sweden Yachts.

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Hull

Both the hull and the deck is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The hull is a double hull which improves the indoor climate. Especially when the water is colder than the air in the cabin, then the double hull insulates against cold water and reduce the condense water in the cabin.
The deck is a double deck which improves the indoor climate.


Rig

The Sweden Yachts 54 Racing 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.


Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 3.10 - 3.20 meter (10.17 - 10.47 ft) dependent on 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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Sweden Yachts 54 Racing is 1.80, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Sweden Yachts 54 Racing is about 512 kg/cm, alternatively 2868 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 512 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2868 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 Sweden Yachts 54 Racing is 3.73.

Wide Slim 69% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 69% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.


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 16.9 m(55.4 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet16.9 m(55.4 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 42.2 m(138.5 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet37.1 m(121.8 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)

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Finally

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