davidaprice
Well-Known Member
There's a video doing the rounds in Finland of a new Finnish yacht being reviewed by a Swedish yachting site. The yacht is the Sailjet 40: a 38' yacht with a planing hull which can be driven at 20 knots by her 279hp engine:
http://www.hamnen.se/tester/segelbatstest/sailjet-40-seglande-vattenskidbat.html
Sorry that video's all in Swedish - I understand it no better than the rest of you, but still found it fun to watch. Here's the manufacturer's link: http://www.in-time-yachts.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=102
The yacht is on show at the Helsinki Boat show, which is happening this week. I got the following extra information from the salesman: she has a pivoting weighted centreboard; she has no water ballast system, but relies for stability on the weighted centreboard and the weight of her engine, batteries, fresh water and fuel tanks; when motoring you raise the rudder half-way so that it doesn't extend below the propellor; as the name implies the original plan was to have water-jet propulsion, but it required too many compromises on hull form for good sailing performance, so she has a conventional shaft-driven propellor.
The unusual rig was the choice of the first person to order one (they do offer a regular sloop rig): his priority was being able to get under low bridges. The 'schooner' rig with two furling genoas and no booms loses about 5-10 degrees of pointing compared to the sloop rig, and is obviously more trouble to tack: the owner tends to motor upwind anyway. The masts are carbon fibre and can easily be dropped by two men for going under still lower bridges.
http://www.hamnen.se/tester/segelbatstest/sailjet-40-seglande-vattenskidbat.html
Sorry that video's all in Swedish - I understand it no better than the rest of you, but still found it fun to watch. Here's the manufacturer's link: http://www.in-time-yachts.fi/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2&Itemid=102
The yacht is on show at the Helsinki Boat show, which is happening this week. I got the following extra information from the salesman: she has a pivoting weighted centreboard; she has no water ballast system, but relies for stability on the weighted centreboard and the weight of her engine, batteries, fresh water and fuel tanks; when motoring you raise the rudder half-way so that it doesn't extend below the propellor; as the name implies the original plan was to have water-jet propulsion, but it required too many compromises on hull form for good sailing performance, so she has a conventional shaft-driven propellor.
The unusual rig was the choice of the first person to order one (they do offer a regular sloop rig): his priority was being able to get under low bridges. The 'schooner' rig with two furling genoas and no booms loses about 5-10 degrees of pointing compared to the sloop rig, and is obviously more trouble to tack: the owner tends to motor upwind anyway. The masts are carbon fibre and can easily be dropped by two men for going under still lower bridges.
