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Review of Garriga 43


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Garriga 43 is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Javier Visiers. The Garriga 43 is built by Garriga.

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Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.41 - 2.51 meter (7.91 - 8.21 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Garriga 43 is about 351 kg/cm, alternatively 1969 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 351 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1969 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.


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 Garriga 43 is 3.25.

Slim Wide 62% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 62% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


Maintenance

Rig

If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 13.1 m(42.8 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet 13.1 m(42.8 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 32.6 m(107.1 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet28.7 m(94.3 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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