49erfx vs Kestrel

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On the numbers

Next to the 49erfx, the Kestrel is 0.1 m shorter and 2% lighter. The 49erfx has the higher Capsize screening (3.92, above the guideline), the Kestrel the lower (3.32, above the guideline).

49erfx 49erfx Kestrel Kestrel
General
Builder MacKay Boats Ltd. Chippendale Boats
Designer Julian Bethwaite Ian Proctor
Hull type Centerboard Dinghy Centerboard Dinghy
Rigging Fractional Sloop Fractional Sloop
Construction FG FG / (Ply)wood
First built 2010 1963
Number built – 700
Dimensions
Length overall 4.88 m ▲ 4.75 m ▼
Waterline length – 4.34 m
Beam 1.93 m ▲ 1.62 m ▼
Draft (max) 1.50 m ▲ 1.24 m ▼
Draft (min) – 0.18 m
Weight & ballast
Displacement 122 kg ▲ 120 kg ▼
Ratios
D/L – 41 ultralight
Comfort ratio – 3.0 lightweight racing
Capsize screening 3.92 ▲ above the guideline 3.32 ▼ above the guideline
Hull speed – 5.06 kn

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