Outremer 50/55 vs Rapier 550
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On the numbers
Next to the Outremer 50/55, the Rapier 550 is the same length and 3% heavier. The Rapier 550 has the higher Capsize screening (3.77, above the guideline), the Outremer 50/55 the lower (3.71, above the guideline).
Outremer 50/55
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Rapier 550
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| General | ||
| Builder | Atelier Outremer | Broadblue Catamarans |
| Designer | Gèrard Danson | – |
| Hull type | Catamaran Twin Dbrd. | Catamaran |
| Rigging | Masthead Sloop | – |
| Construction | FG | – |
| First built | 1991 | – |
| Last built | 2007 | – |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length overall | 16.76 m | 16.76 m |
| Waterline length | 16.46 m | – |
| Beam | 7.80 m ▼ | 8.00 m ▲ |
| Draft (max) | 3.00 m ▲ | 1.30 m ▼ |
| Draft (min) | 0.76 m | – |
| Weight & ballast | ||
| Displacement | 9,494 kg ▼ | 9,800 kg ▲ |
| Sail plan | ||
| Sail area | – | 160.00 m² |
| Mainsail | – | 110.00 m² |
| Foresail | – | 50.00 m² |
| Engine & tanks | ||
| Engine make | Yanmar | – |
| Fuel | 150 L ▼ | 300 L ▲ |
| Water | 440 L ▼ | 550 L ▲ |
| Ratios | ||
| D/L | 59 | – |
| Comfort ratio | 7.9 lightweight racing | – |
| Capsize screening | 3.71 ▼ above the guideline | 3.77 ▲ above the guideline |
| Hull speed | 9.85 kn | – |
| KSP | 0.99 | – |
▲ highest and ▼ lowest value in each row. Ratio bands as on the yacht pages; – means the value is not in the catalogue.