Review of Meginjolle

Meginjolle anno 1999. Heimdal - Brejning Efterskole - www.sejladslinien.dk

Basic specs.

The Meginjolle is a small sailing dinghy designed by the Danish maritime architect Peer Bruun in the late eighties. Several hundred boats have been produced. The Meginjolle is built by the Danish yard Horne Jolleværft.

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Hull

The hull 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.

Interior

The interior is like nearly all boats made of wood.
The boat is equipped with a galley and toilet facility.

Rig

Rig of Meginjolle anno 1999.

Keel

Full keel

The Meginjolle 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.

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.68 - 0.78 meter (2.23 - 2.53 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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Meginjolle is about 50 kg/cm, alternatively 282 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 50 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 282 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 Meginjolle is 2.87.

Compared with other similar dinghies it is slimmer than 73% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.

Maintenance

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Finally

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.