Review of Poker 84

Basic specs.

The Poker 84 also known as Rush 84 is a sailboat designed by the French maritime architect Philippe H. Harlé in the early eighties. The Poker 84 is built by the French yard Jeanneau.

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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.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 6 berths, a galley and toilet facility.

Rig

The Poker 84 is equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.

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 Poker 84 is 2.19, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

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 Poker 84 is 2.77.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 82% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.

SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?

The SA/D for Poker 84 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 15.6, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 18.7.

The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 46% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.

RSP (Relative Speed Performance)

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Poker 84 is 66

The relative speed performance is 66 which means that a it is faster than 66% of all similar sailboat designs.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

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**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	22.7 m	(74.4 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	22.7 m	(74.4 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	22.7 m	(74.4 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Jib sheet	8.3 m	(27.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	8.3 m	(27.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet	20.7 m	(67.8 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	18.2 m	(59.7 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Cunningham	2.9 m	(9.5 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Kickingstrap	5.8 m	(19.0 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Clew-outhaul	5.8 m	(19.0 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)

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References

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