Review of Victor 40
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of hand laid fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of hand laid fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The boat is equipped with 6 berths.
The Victor 40 is equipped with a ketch rig. A ketch rig is generally considered easier to handle, because the sails are smaller, and because it can sail on most points to the wind with one sail completely taken down for repair or while reefing. The sail configuration of a ketch allows for better comfort and stability when sailing downwind or on a broad reach.
Fin keel
The Victor 40 is equipped 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 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.
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.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Victor 40 is 1.79, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Victor 40 is about 313 kg/cm, alternatively 1756 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 313 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1756 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.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Victor 40 is 3.17.
Maintenance
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 | ||
| Jib sheet | 12.2 m | (40.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 12.2 m | (40.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 30.5 m | (100.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 26.8 m | (88.0 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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