Review of Bordeaux 60

Basic specs.

The Bordeaux 60 is a large sailboat designed by the French maritime architect Philippe Briand together with Hugon Couëdel in the late 2000. The Bordeaux 60 is built by the French yard CNB.

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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.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 6 berths and 1000.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Keel

Fin keel

The Bordeaux 60 is equipped with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.95 - 3.05 meter (9.68 - 9.98 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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Bordeaux 60 is 1.75, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

EU classification

Bordeaux 60 holds a CE certification:

The boat is by European Union certified as Class A. OCEAN:

Designed for extended voyages where conditions may exceed wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights of 4 m and above but excluding abnormal conditions, and vessels largely self-sufficient.

Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 9.8 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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Bordeaux 60 is about 565 kg/cm, alternatively 3163 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 565 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 3163 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 Bordeaux 60 is 3.55.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 62% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Bordeaux 60 is 172 which categorizes this boat among 'light racers'.

58% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A light displacement requires less sailarea and has higher accellerations.

SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

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

The SA/D for Bordeaux 60 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 17.8, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 21.0.

Maintenance

Bottom Paint

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 99m² (1065 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.

Rig

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.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	59.2 m	(194.1 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	59.2 m	(194.1 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	59.2 m	(194.1 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib sheet	18.4 m	(60.3 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	18.4 m	(60.3 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet	45.9 m	(150.8 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	40.4 m	(132.7 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Cunningham	6.7 m	(21.9 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Kickingstrap	13.4 m	(43.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Clew-outhaul	13.4 m	(43.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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References

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