Review of Whitby 42
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 1100.0 liter fresh water capacity.
The Whitby 42 is equipped with a ketch rig. A ketch rig is generally considered easier to handle, because the sails are smaller, and because it can sail on most points to the wind with one sail completely taken down for repair or while reefing. The sail configuration of a ketch allows for better comfort and stability when sailing downwind or on a broad reach.
Full keel
The Whitby 42 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 most marinas as the draft is just about 1.52 - 1.62 meter (4.99 - 5.29 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Whitby 42 may be equipped with an inboard Ford Lehman diesel engine
The fuel tank has a capacity of 681.0 liters (179 US gallons, 149 imperial gallons).
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 Whitby 42 is 1.81, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?
The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.7 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Whitby 42 is about 264 kg/cm, alternatively 1481 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 264 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1481 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 Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?
The Motion Comfort Ratio for Whitby 42 is 33.4.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Whitby 42 is 3.23.
The ballast ratio for Whitby 42 is 34%.
What is Displacement Length Ratio?
The DL-ratio for Whitby 42 is 299 which categorizes this boat among 'medium weight cruisers'.
What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?
The SA/D for Whitby 42 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 13.9, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 16.5.
Maintenance
When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy.
The surface of the wet bottom is about 41m2 (441 ft2).
Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.
Note: If you use a paint roller you will need more paint than if you use a paintbrush.
Dimensions of sail for ketch rig.
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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 | 34.1 m | (111.8 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 34.1 m | (111.8 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 34.1 m | (111.8 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 12.8 m | (42.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 12.8 m | (42.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 32.0 m | (105.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 28.2 m | (92.4 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Cunningham | 4.7 m | (15.5 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 9.4 m | (31.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 9.4 m | (31.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
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