Lady Helmsman vs First 36 Spirit
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On the numbers
Next to the Lady Helmsman, the First 36 Spirit is 0.1 m shorter and 2% lighter. The First 36 Spirit has the higher Capsize screening (2.30, above the guideline), the Lady Helmsman the lower (1.52, meets the common offshore guideline).
Lady Helmsman
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First 36 Spirit
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| General | ||
| Builder | Helmsman Yachts | Beneteau |
| Designer | Håkan Södergren | Samuel Manuard |
| Hull type | Fin with rudder on skeg | Monohull |
| Rigging | Fractional Sloop | – |
| Construction | FG | – |
| First built | 1976 | – |
| Number built | 200 | – |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length overall | 12.10 m ▲ | 11.98 m ▼ |
| Waterline length | 9.48 m | – |
| Beam | 2.51 m ▼ | 3.80 m ▲ |
| Draft (max) | 1.75 m ▼ | 2.25 m ▲ |
| Draft (min) | – | 1.95 m |
| Weight & ballast | ||
| Displacement | 4,700 kg ▲ | 4,620 kg ▼ |
| Ballast | 2,235 kg | – |
| Ballast type | Lead | – |
| Sail plan | ||
| Sail area | 43.75 m² | – |
| Mainsail | 24.14 m² | – |
| Foresail | 19.62 m² | – |
| Engine & tanks | ||
| Engine make | Volvo Penta | – |
| Engine power | 13 HP ▼ | 29 HP ▲ |
| Fuel | – | 70 L |
| Water | – | 160 L |
| Ratios | ||
| SA/D | 15.9 under-canvassed | – |
| D/L | 154 light | – |
| Ballast/Disp | 47.6% high | – |
| Comfort ratio | 28.6 coastal cruiser | – |
| Capsize screening | 1.52 ▼ meets the common offshore guideline | 2.30 ▲ above the guideline |
| S-number | 3.2 | – |
| Hull speed | 7.47 kn | – |
▲ highest and ▼ lowest value in each row. Ratio bands as on the yacht pages; – means the value is not in the catalogue.