Gunboat 55 vs Windelo 55 Sport
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On the numbers
Next to the Gunboat 55, the Windelo 55 Sport is 0.8 m shorter and 2% lighter. The Windelo 55 Sport has the higher Capsize screening (3.49, above the guideline), the Gunboat 55 the lower (3.31, above the guideline).
Gunboat 55
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Windelo 55 Sport
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| General | ||
| Builder | Gunboat | Windelo Catamarans |
| Designer | Nigel Irens | Barreau/Neuman |
| Hull type | Catamaran Twin Dbrd. | Catamaran |
| Keel type | – | Daggerboard |
| Rigging | Fractional Sloop | – |
| Construction | FG/Carbon infusion | – |
| First built | 2015 | 2026 |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length overall | 17.35 m ▲ | 16.54 m ▼ |
| Waterline length | 17.35 m | – |
| Beam | 7.62 m ▼ | 7.98 m ▲ |
| Draft (max) | 2.80 m ▼ | 2.95 m ▲ |
| Draft (min) | 0.61 m ▼ | 1.25 m ▲ |
| Weight & ballast | ||
| Displacement | 12,500 kg ▲ | 12,300 kg ▼ |
| Sail plan | ||
| Sail area | – | 154.00 m² |
| Mainsail | – | 106.00 m² |
| Foresail | – | 48.00 m² |
| Engine & tanks | ||
| Engine make | Volvo Penta | – |
| Fuel | 598 L | – |
| Water | 371 L | – |
| Ratios | ||
| D/L | 67 | – |
| Comfort ratio | 10.3 lightweight racing | – |
| Capsize screening | 3.31 ▼ above the guideline | 3.49 ▲ above the guideline |
| Hull speed | 10.11 kn | – |
| KSP | 1.03 | – |
▲ highest and ▼ lowest value in each row. Ratio bands as on the yacht pages; – means the value is not in the catalogue.