8M One Design vs Woy 26

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On the numbers

Next to the 8M One Design, the Woy 26 is the same length and 2% heavier. The 8M One Design has the higher SA/D (34.2, high-powered), the Woy 26 the lower (33.0, high-powered). The 8M One Design has the higher Capsize screening (2.44, above the guideline), the Woy 26 the lower (2.35, above the guideline).

8M One Design 8M One Design Woy 26 Woy 26
General
Builder Shipman Woy Yachts
Designer J&J Yacht Design/Doug Peterson Martin Menzner
Hull type Lifting Keel Monohull
Keel type – Lifting keel
Rigging Fractional Sloop –
Construction FG –
First built 1993 –
Dimensions
Length overall 8.00 m –
Length on deck – 8.00 m
Waterline length 6.99 m –
Beam 2.49 m ▲ 2.42 m ▼
Draft (max) 1.70 m ▼ 1.90 m ▲
Draft (min) 0.80 m ▼ 1.10 m ▲
Weight & ballast
Displacement 1,100 kg ▼ 1,120 kg ▲
Ballast 175 kg –
Ballast type Lead –
Sail plan
Sail area 35.75 m² ▲ 35.00 m² ▼
Mainsail 19.86 m² –
Foresail 15.90 m² –
Ratios
SA/D 34.2 ▲ high-powered 33.0 ▼ high-powered
D/L 90 ultralight –
Ballast/Disp 15.9% low –
Comfort ratio 9.5 lightweight racing –
Capsize screening 2.44 ▲ above the guideline 2.35 ▼ above the guideline
S-number 7.0 –
Hull speed 6.42 kn –

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