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Review of Jeton


Jeton
Jeton anno 1972.

Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Jeton is a small sailing dinghy designed by the maritime architect Uwe Mares together with Hubert Raudaschl. The Jeton is built by the German yard Klepper Faltbootwerft H.S. Walther GmbH.

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Hull

Both the hull and the deck 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.


Rig

The Jeton is equipped with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.


Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can sail close to the beach as the draft is just 0.14 - 0.24 meter (0.46 - 0.76 ft) dependent of 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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Jeton is about 54 kg/cm, alternatively 307 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 54 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 307 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 Jeton is 2.72.

Wide Slim 58% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar dinghies it is slimmer than 58% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.


Maintenance

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