Review of Centurion 40 S

Basic specs.

The Centurion 40 S is a large sailboat designed by the French maritime architect bureau Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design. The Centurion 40 S is built by the French yard Wauquiez.

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Hull

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

Rig

The boat equipped 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 genaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an engine.

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 Centurion 40 S is about 318 kg/cm, alternatively 1781 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 318 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1781 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 Centurion 40 S is 3.19.

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

Dimensions of sail for fractional rig.

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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**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	38.8 m	(127.3 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	38.8 m	(127.3 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	38.8 m	(127.3 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Jib sheet	12.3 m	(40.4 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet	12.3 m	(40.4 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet	30.8 m	(100.9 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	27.1 m	(88.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Cunningham	5.9 m	(19.4 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Kickingstrap	11.8 m	(38.7 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Clew-outhaul	11.8 m	(38.7 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)

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References

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