Voyage 500 vs Rapier 550

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On the numbers

Next to the Voyage 500, the Rapier 550 is 1.5 m longer and 5% lighter. They have the same Capsize screening (3.81).

Voyage 500 Voyage 500 Rapier 550 Rapier 550
General
Builder Voyage Yachts Broadblue Catamarans
Designer Simonis Voogd –
Hull type Catamaran Twin Keel Catamaran
Rigging Fractional Sloop –
Construction FG –
First built 2006 –
Last built 2009 –
Dimensions
Length overall 15.24 m ▼ 16.76 m ▲
Waterline length 14.35 m –
Beam 8.23 m ▲ 8.00 m ▼
Draft (max) 1.20 m ▼ 1.30 m ▲
Weight & ballast
Displacement 10,300 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 500 L ▲ 300 L ▼
Water 800 L ▲ 550 L ▼
Ratios
D/L 97 –
Comfort ratio 9.1 lightweight racing –
Capsize screening 3.81 ▲ above the guideline 3.77 ▼ above the guideline
Hull speed 9.19 kn –
KSP 0.84 –

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