Review of Privilège 48

Basic specs.

The Privilège 48 also known as Privilege 14.7 is a large catamaran designed by the French maritime architect Guy Ribadeau-Dumas together with Marc Lombard also from France in the late eighties. Less than 200 boats have been built. The Privilège 48 is built by the French yard Jeantot Marine.

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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.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 1030 liters (272 US gallons, 226 imperial gallons) fresh water capacity.

Rig

The Privilège 48 is built with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

Keel

The Privilège 48 has been built with different keel alternatives.

Unknown keel type

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.06 - 2.16 meter (6.76 - 7.06 ft) dependent on the load.

Bilge keel

The Privilège 48 is built with a bilge keel. A bilge keel is a twin keel, which allows the boat to be beached. Bilge keels are the most popular keel for tidal waters.

Privilège 48 can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.35 - 1.45 meter (4.43 - 4.73 ft) dependent on the load.

Engine

The fuel tank has a capacity of 537 liters (141 US gallons, 118 imperial gallons).

The boat may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta diesel engines

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 Privilège 48 is 1.82.

Compared with other similar sail catamarans it is more spacy than 69% of all other designs.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Privilège 48 is 127 which categorizes this boat among 'light racers'.

42% 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.