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Review of Bénéteau 375


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Bénéteau 375 is a sailboat designed in the mid eighties. The Bénéteau 375 is built by the French yard Bénéteau.

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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.


Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.98 - 2.08 meter (6.50 - 6.80 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.

Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.7 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.


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.

Over- / underrigged

Low High 58% 0 50 100
The Bénéteau 375 has more rig than 58% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is slightly overrigged.


Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail.

mainsail specifications headsail specifications

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Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 34.1 m(111.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard34.1 m(111.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker halyard34.1 m(111.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib sheet 11.3 m(37.1 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet11.3 m(37.1 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 28.3 m(92.8 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet24.9 m(81.6 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Cunningham4.4 m(14.5 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Kickingstrap8.8 m(29.0 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Clew-outhaul8.8 m(29.0 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)

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