Review of Kalik 44

The Kalik 44 is built with a masthead rig. The sail area for the mailsail + jib is 84.8 m² (912.9 ft²). The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.

Fin keel

The Kalik 44 is built 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 1.98 - 2.08 meter (6.50 - 6.80 ft) dependent on the load.

The boat may be equipped with an inboard Perkins diesel engine at 50 hp (37 kW).

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Kalik 44 is 1.86, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Kalik 44 is 3.17.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 73% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Kalik 44 is 42%.

This ballast ratio is higher than 73% of all similar sailboat designs. Since the ballast ratio and the righting moment (i.e. better ability to resist heeling) is strongly correlated, a ballast ratio just above average indicates an ability to resist heeling above average.

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

The SA/D for Kalik 44 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 16.4, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 19.6.

The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 24% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.

The Kalik 44 has more rig than 34% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is slightly underrigged.

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Kalik 44 is 2

The relative speed performance is 2 which means that a it is faster than 2% of all similar sailboat designs.

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Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

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