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Review of Bénéteau 53 F5




Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Bénéteau 53 F5 is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Bruce Farr. The Bénéteau 53 F5 is built by the French yard Bénéteau.

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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.

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 Bénéteau 53 F5 is about 474 kg/cm, alternatively 2659 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 474 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2659 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 Bénéteau 53 F5 is 3.50.

Slim Wide 58% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 58% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly 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 15.8 m(51.7 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet 15.8 m(51.7 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 39.4 m(129.2 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet34.7 m(113.7 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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