Review of Dickerson 41

Basic specs.

The Dickerson 41 is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Ernest Tucker.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

Rig

The boat equipped with a ketch rig.

Keel

The Dickerson 41 is equipped 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 even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.37 - 1.47 meter (4.49 - 4.79 ft) dependent on the load.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Westerbeke 4-230 diesel engine at 50.0 hp (37 kW).

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.

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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.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Dickerson 41 is 35%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 27% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) just below average.

Over- / underrigged

The Dickerson 41 has more rig than 76% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is significantly overrigged.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for ketch rig.

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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.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	32.6 m	(107.0 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	32.6 m	(107.0 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	32.6 m	(107.0 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Jib sheet	12.7 m	(41.5 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet	12.7 m	(41.5 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet	31.6 m	(103.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	27.8 m	(91.3 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Cunningham	4.6 m	(15.0 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Kickingstrap	9.1 m	(30.0 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Clew-outhaul	9.1 m	(30.0 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)

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References

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