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Review of Banner 26 Mk I


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Banner 26 Mk I is a sailboat.

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Keel

Unknown keel type


Engine

The boat may be equipped with an engine at 8 hp (5 kW)..


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.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Banner 26 Mk I is 3.58.

Wide Slim 98% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 98% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more speedy hull design. This type of design is also referred to as 'needle'.


Maintenance

Rig

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
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 7.8 m(25.6 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet 7.8 m(25.6 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet 19.5 m(64.1 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet17.2 m(56.4 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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