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Review of Trintella 45


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Trintella 45 is a large sailboat designed by the Dutch maritime architect E. G. van de Stadt. The Trintella 45 is built by the Dutch yard Wever B.V., Anne, Jachtwerf.

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Interior
The boat is equipped with 6 berths.

Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.90 - 2.00 meter (6.23 - 6.53 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

Trintella 45 is typically equipped with an inboard diesel engine at 53.0 kW (71 hp).

The transmission is a shaft drive. A shaft drive will in the long run require less maintenence than other types of drive e.g. a sail drive.


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 Trintella 45 is 1.61, 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 Trintella 45 is about 376 kg/cm, alternatively 2107 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 376 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2107 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 Trintella 45 is 3.34.

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.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

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

The SA/D for Trintella 45 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 14.1, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 16.7.

Low High 3% 0 50 100
The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 3% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.


Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail.

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 40.9 m(134.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard40.9 m(134.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker halyard40.9 m(134.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Jib sheet 13.7 m(44.9 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet13.7 m(44.9 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 34.2 m(112.4 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet30.1 m(98.9 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Cunningham5.3 m(17.5 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Kickingstrap10.7 m(35.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Clew-outhaul10.7 m(35.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)

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