4.0s Yardstick

[exhogger]

For the information of anyone else on the planet, and I doubt there are many, who has a Mari 4.0s, the following is the reply from Yachting Vic as to the Yardstick for my Mari. The measurements of the sails and mast, note that my sails are a  very old rainbow coloured main and a handkerchief sized 'cruising' jib, were sent to Yachting Vic and the results are as follows.

 

 

From your sail measurements, the sail areas are:

Jib - 3.45m2

Main - 9.7 m2

Mast - 0.65 m2

 

The "Tentative" Yachting Victoria yardsticks (based on the calculated SCHRS ratings converted to a YV yardstick) for the Maricat 4.0S are:

Cat Rigged (Main only - 1 up, no trap) - 101

Sloop Rigged (Main + jib - 1 up, no trap) - 93.5

 

For interest the weight of my 4.0 is 107.1 kilos !

The thing is built like a battleship, maybe thats why it has lasted so long.

Hope this info is of value in the Mari database.

Regards,

Ross.

[Inland_Sailor]

Thats certainly a big change from the previous 110 for Cat rigged and 100 for S.S. and certainly seems to be more reflective of the 4.0's performance in comparison to the 4.3's. The previous handicap was a gift and I couldn't understand why more weren't raced, given the 4.0's generous handicap.