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Review of FS 41


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The FS 41 is a large sailboat. The FS 41 is built by the German yard Schless Werft GmbH & Co. KG.

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Hull
The hull is made of aluminium.

Interior
The boat is equipped with 6 berths.

Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.45 - 2.55 meter (8.04 - 8.34 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for FS 41 is 2.00, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for FS 41 is about 345 kg/cm, alternatively 1936 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 345 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1936 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.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for FS 41 is 2.95.

Slim Wide 85% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 85% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.


Maintenance

Rig

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
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 12.3 m(40.5 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet12.3 m(40.5 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 30.9 m(101.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet27.2 m(89.1 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

This section shown boat owner's changes, improvements, etc. Here you might find inspiration for your boat.

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Finally

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