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Review of Jantar 26 Race


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Jantar 26 Race is a sailboat designed by the Polish maritime architect Andrzej Skrzat in the late nineties. The Jantar 26 Race is built by Jantar Yacht.

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Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.85 - 1.95 meter (6.07 - 6.37 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 Jantar 26 Race is about 131 kg/cm, alternatively 737 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 131 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 737 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 Jantar 26 Race is 3.10.

Wide Slim 62% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 62% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy 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 7.8 m(25.6 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet 7.8 m(25.6 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet 19.5 m(64.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet17.2 m(56.3 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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