Review of Van de Stadt 40 Tulla 2
Basic specs.
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The Van de Stadt 40 Tulla 2 is built with a yawl rig. A yawl 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 yawl allows for better comfort and stability when sailing downwind or on a broad reach.
Full keel
The Van de Stadt 40 Tulla 2 is built with a long keel. A long keel provide a better directional stability than a similar boat with a fin keel; on the other hand, better directional stability means also that the boat is more difficult to handle in a harbour with less space.
The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.58 - 1.68 meter (5.18 - 5.48 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Volvo 2003T diesel engine at 43 hp (32 kW).
The transmission is a shaft drive. A shaft drive will in the long run require less maintenance than other types of drive e.g. a sail drive.
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.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Van de Stadt 40 Tulla 2 is about 265 kg/cm, alternatively 1487 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 265 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1487 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 Van de Stadt 40 Tulla 2 is 3.75.
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 | (100.1 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 26.8 m | (88.1 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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