Review of Prindle 15

Basic specs.

The Prindle 15 is a small catamaran designed by the maritime architect Geoffrey Prindle in the late seventies. The Prindle 15 is built by Prindle.The boat has been build at other yards as well.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. A hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can sail close to the beach as the draft is just 0.32 - 0.42 meter (1.05 - 1.35 ft) dependent of the load.

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

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Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Prindle 15 is 1.87.

Compared with other similar sail catamarans it is more spacy than 82% of all other designs.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Prindle 15 is 39 which categorizes this boat among 'ultra light racers'.

38% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A heavy displacement combined with smaller water plane area has lower acceleration and is more comfortable.

Maintenance

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.