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Review of C55


C55
C55 anno 2003. C55 m. sænkekøl søsættes fra rampe.Lystal 1,04 er flot for en 18 fods, der iøvrigt kan kapsejle efter DH reglen. Trailer totalvægt 750 kg kan trækkes af næsten alle biler.

Basic specs.

sail specifications
The C55 is a sailing dinghy designed by the Swedish maritime architect Pelle Petterson in the early 2000. The C55 is built by the Swedish yard Crescents.

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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. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.


Rig

The C55 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

L-shape fin keel

The C55 is equipped with a L keel. An L-shape keel is a bulb keel with the shape as an L. This keel is less exposed to seaweed, fishing nets and lines.

The keel is made of lead. Compared with iron, lead has the advantage of being 44% heavier, which allows a smaller keel and hence less water resistance and higher speed.

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.40 - 0.50 meter (1.31 - 1.61 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.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for C55 is 2.69.


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

Maintenance

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