Voyage 500 vs Rapier 550
Compare up to 4 boats side by side.
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
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| 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.