Review of Samantha 39
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 660.0 liter fresh water capacity and toilet facility.
The Samantha 39 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.
Unknown keel type
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 most marinas as the draft is just about 1.60 - 1.70 meter (5.25 - 5.55 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Samantha 39 may be equipped with an inboard Perkins 4.108 diesel engine at 48 hp (35 kW).
The fuel tank has a capacity of 300.0 liters (79 US gallons, 65 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 Samantha 39 is 1.55, 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 Samantha 39 is about 275 kg/cm, alternatively 1540 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 275 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1540 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 Samantha 39 is 3.45.
Maintenance
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 | ||
| Jib sheet | 11.9 m | (39.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 11.9 m | (39.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 29.8 m | (97.6 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 26.2 m | (85.9 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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