Review of Sense 55

Basic specs.

The Sense 55 is a sailboat designed by the French maritime architect bureau Berret-Racoupeau Yacht Design.

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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.

Keel

The Sense 55 is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a long 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.

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.

Over- / underrigged

Sorry, we do not have sufficient statistical information available for this boat to provide a significant reliable analysis.

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	51.8 m	(169.9 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	51.8 m	(169.9 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	51.8 m	(169.9 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)
Cunningham	6.3 m	(20.8 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)
Kickingstrap	12.7 m	(41.7 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)
Clew-outhaul	12.7 m	(41.7 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 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.