Review of Eagle 42

Basic specs.

The Eagle 42 is a sailboat.

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Keel

Fin keel

The Eagle 42 is built with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.

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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Eagle 42 is 1.78, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

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 Eagle 42 is 4.64.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 100% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more speedy hull design. This type of design is also referred to as 'needle'.

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**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Jib sheet	13.0 m	(42.7 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet	13.0 m	(42.7 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet	32.5 m	(106.6 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	28.6 m	(93.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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References

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