Review of Océanis 440

Basic specs.

The Océanis 440 is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Bruce Farr in the early nineties.

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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 masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.

Keel

The Océanis 440 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.But be aware that even though a keel is very good for speed racing, a fishing nets and the like in the water can easily make you into a troublesome situation.

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.82 - 1.92 meter (5.97 - 6.27 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Perkins diesel engine.

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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Océanis 440 is about 374 kg/cm, alternatively 2098 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 374 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2098 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 Océanis 440 is 3.10.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 79% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

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**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	37.1 m	(121.9 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	37.1 m	(121.9 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	37.1 m	(121.9 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib sheet	13.2 m	(43.2 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	13.2 m	(43.2 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet	32.9 m	(107.9 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	29.0 m	(95.0 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Cunningham	5.2 m	(17.1 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Kickingstrap	10.4 m	(34.1 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Clew-outhaul	10.4 m	(34.1 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 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.