Rapido 60 vs Rapier 550
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On the numbers
Next to the Rapido 60, the Rapier 550 is 1.3 m shorter and 9% heavier. The Rapido 60 has the higher Capsize screening (5.67, above the guideline), the Rapier 550 the lower (3.77, above the guideline).
Rapido 60
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Rapier 550
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| General | ||
| Builder | Rapido Trimarans (Hong Kong) | Broadblue Catamarans |
| Designer | Morrelli & Melvin | – |
| Hull type | Trimaran Dbrd. | Catamaran |
| Rigging | Frac. Sloop (Rotating Spar) | – |
| Construction | Carbon fiber, vinylester, epoxy divinycell foam sandwich | – |
| First built | 2015 | – |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length overall | 18.10 m ▲ | 16.76 m ▼ |
| Waterline length | 18.10 m | – |
| Beam | 11.70 m ▲ | 8.00 m ▼ |
| Draft (max) | 3.30 m ▲ | 1.30 m ▼ |
| Draft (min) | 0.75 m | – |
| Headroom | 2.10 m | – |
| Weight & ballast | ||
| Displacement | 9,000 kg ▼ | 9,800 kg ▲ |
| Sail plan | ||
| Sail area | – | 160.00 m² |
| Mainsail | – | 110.00 m² |
| Foresail | – | 50.00 m² |
| Engine & tanks | ||
| Engine make | Yanmar | – |
| Engine power | 53 HP | – |
| Fuel | 450 L ▲ | 300 L ▼ |
| Water | 450 L ▼ | 550 L ▲ |
| Ratios | ||
| D/L | 42 | – |
| Comfort ratio | 4.0 lightweight racing | – |
| Capsize screening | 5.67 ▲ above the guideline | 3.77 ▼ above the guideline |
| Hull speed | 10.33 kn | – |
| KSP | 1.26 | – |
▲ highest and ▼ lowest value in each row. Ratio bands as on the yacht pages; – means the value is not in the catalogue.