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A fore and aft, pivoting centreboard can also be used to move the centre of lateral resistance aft to match a change in sail plan, such as furling or dropping the jib. A retracting centreboard is more complex than a fixed keel, and most take up space inside the hull of the boat that could otherwise be used for passenger accommodation. Other ...
Sail plan of a brig. A sail plan is a drawing of a sailing craft, viewed from the side, depicting its sails, the spars that carry them and some of the rigging that supports the rig. [1] By extension, "sail plan" describes the arrangement of sails on a craft. [2] [3] A sailing craft may be waterborne (a ship or boat), an iceboat, or a sail ...
The Sun Odyssey 440 is a recreational keelboat, built predominantly of polyester fiberglass.The hull is solid fiberglass and the deck is an injection-molded sandwich. It has a 9/10 fractional sloop rig, with a deck-stepped mast, two sets of swept spreaders and aluminum spars with discontinuous stainless steel wire rigging, with the Performance version having Dyform rigging.
In a 2010 review for Cruising World, Bill Springer wrote, "I think Jeanneau is on to something with its new line of yachts.The 53 is spacious, stylish, and sails well. The 57 has even more elbowroom, more sophisticated systems, larger battery capacity, and the dinghy “garage,” but both boats are designed to do the same thing: provide all the luxury of a big boat without the relatively big ...
The boat has a centerboard that can be raised and lowered according to varying conditions and for ease of transport. When the centerboard is fully extended, the Mutineer 15 will draw a maximum of 4 feet 1 inch (1.24 m) When the centerboard is raised the boat will draw a maximum of 8 inches. The boat displaces a total of 410 pounds. [1] [5]
With the centerboard up, the hull draft is 16 cm; the mast is deck-stepped and 5.22 m high, the mainsail area is 3.9 m 2, the jib 1.26 m 2 and the spinnaker 4.25 m 2. [1] The side decks are designed so that a capsize normally does not fill the hull with water.
The fixed fin keel version displaces 12,000 lb (5,443 kg) and carries 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) of lead ballast. The centerboard version displaces 12,800 lb (5,806 kg) and carries 5,900 lb (2,676 kg) of lead ballast. [1] [3] The boat has a draft of 5.92 ft (1.80 m) with the standard fin keel. A stub keel and centerboard was optional.
The design has a number if different interior configurations, with sleeping accommodation for four to six people, in two or three cabin layouts. The two cabin interior has a double island berth in the bow cabin, an L-shaped settee and a straight settee in the main cabin and an aft cabin with a double berth on the starboard side, with a storage ...