49erfx vs 505

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On the numbers

Next to the 49erfx, the 505 is 0.2 m longer and 4% heavier. The 49erfx has the higher Capsize screening (3.92, above the guideline), the 505 the lower (3.78, above the guideline).

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General
Builder MacKay Boats Ltd. Various (amateur or kit built)
Designer Julian Bethwaite John Westell/Austin Farrar
Hull type Centerboard Dinghy Centerboard Dinghy
Rigging Fractional Sloop Fractional Sloop
Construction FG Wood/FG
First built 2010 1954
Number built – 9,100
Dimensions
Length overall 4.88 m ▼ 5.03 m ▲
Waterline length – 4.57 m
Beam 1.93 m ▲ 1.88 m ▼
Draft (max) 1.50 m ▲ 1.42 m ▼
Draft (min) – 0.15 m
Weight & ballast
Displacement 122 kg ▼ 127 kg ▲
Ratios
D/L – 37 ultralight
Comfort ratio – 2.5 lightweight racing
Capsize screening 3.92 ▲ above the guideline 3.78 ▼ above the guideline
Hull speed – 5.19 kn

▲ highest and ▼ lowest value in each row. Ratio bands as on the yacht pages; – means the value is not in the catalogue.