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Review of Challenger 41


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Challenger 41 is a large sailboat designed by the American maritime architect Ted Carpentier in the late seventies. The Challenger 41 is built by the American yard Challenger Yachts Corp..

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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 Challenger 41 is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a long keel.

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.68 - 1.78 meter (5.51 - 5.81 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Perkins 4.108 diesel engine at 50.0 hp (37 kW), which gives a max speed about 6.1 knots.


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 Challenger 41 is 1.81, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.9 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Challenger 41 is about 290 kg/cm, alternatively 1625 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 290 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1625 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.

Motion Comfort Ratio

What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

The Motion Comfort Ratio for Challenger 41 is 33.9.

Low High 69% 0 50 100
Comparing this ratio with similar sailboats show that it is more comfortable than 69% of all similar sailboat designs. This comfort value is just above average.


L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Challenger 41 is 3.08.

Slim Wide 76% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 76% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.


Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Challenger 41 is 32%.

Low High 14% 0 50 100
This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 14% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) significantly below average.


D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Challenger 41 is 266 which categorizes this boat among 'light crusers & offshore racers'.

Heavy Light 42% 0 50 100
42% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A heavy displacement combined with smaller water plane area has lower acceleration and is more comfortable.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?

The SA/D for Challenger 41 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 9.6, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 11.4.

Low High 1% 0 50 100
The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 1% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.


Over- / underrigged

Low High 18% 0 50 100
The Challenger 41 has more rig than 18% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is significantly underrigged.


Maintenance

Bottom Paint

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 46m2 (495 ft2).
Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.

Note: If you use a paint roller you will need more paint than if you use a paintbrush.


Rig

Dimensions of sail for ketch rig.

mainsail specifications headsail specifications

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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
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 31.8 m(104.2 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard31.8 m(104.2 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker halyard31.8 m(104.2 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib sheet 12.5 m(41.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet12.5 m(41.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 31.2 m(102.5 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet27.5 m(90.2 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Cunningham3.8 m(12.6 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Kickingstrap7.7 m(25.2 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Clew-outhaul7.7 m(25.2 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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