Review of Mason 43
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The boat is equipped with 9 berths.
The Mason 43 has been built with different keel alternatives.
Unknown keel type
The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.85 - 1.95 meter (6.07 - 6.37 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Full keel
The Mason 43 is equipped with a long keel. A full keel provide a better directional stability than a similar boat with a fin keel; on the other hand, better directional stability means also that the boat is more difficult to handle in a harbour with less space.
Mason 43 can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.91 - 2.01 meter (6.27 - 6.57 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
The Mason 43 has been equipped with different engine alternatives.
Alternative 1:
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Perkins 4.108 diesel engine at 50 hp (37 kW).
Alternative 2:
The boat may be equipped with an inboard diesel engine at 50 hp (37 kW).
The transmission is a saildrive.
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 Mason 43 is 1.58, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Mason 43 is about 329 kg/cm, alternatively 1847 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 329 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1847 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 L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Mason 43 is 3.64.
What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?
The SA/D for Mason 43 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 15.3, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 18.1.
Maintenance
Dimensions of sail.
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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 | ||
| Mainsail halyard | 36.6 m | (120.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 36.6 m | (120.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 36.6 m | (120.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 13.4 m | (43.9 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 13.4 m | (43.9 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 33.5 m | (109.7 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 29.4 m | (96.6 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Cunningham | 5.6 m | (18.5 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 11.3 m | (37.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 11.3 m | (37.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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