Review of Langø 999
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. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
Fin keel
The Langø 999 is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a full keel.
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.
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.
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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 Langø 999 is 4.79.
The ballast ratio for Langø 999 is 40%.
Maintenance
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.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Mainsail halyard | 28.3 m | (92.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 28.3 m | (92.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 28.3 m | (92.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 10.0 m | (32.7 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 10.0 m | (32.7 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 24.9 m | (81.7 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 21.9 m | (71.9 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Cunningham | 3.9 m | (12.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 7.8 m | (25.5 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 7.8 m | (25.5 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
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