Review of North Wind 58

Basic specs.

The North Wind 58 is a large sailboat designed by the American maritime architect bureau Sparkman & Stephens in the mid 2000. The North Wind 58 is built by the Spanish yard North Wind.

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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.

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 North Wind 58 is 1.75, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 9.5 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for North Wind 58 is about 517 kg/cm, alternatively 2898 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 517 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2898 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 North Wind 58 is 3.48.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 69% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for North Wind 58 is 185 which categorizes this boat among 'light racers'.

58% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A light displacement requires less sailarea and has higher accellerations.

SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?

The SA/D for North Wind 58 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 16.6, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 19.6.

The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 54% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail.

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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	50.2 m	(164.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	50.2 m	(164.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	50.2 m	(164.8 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib sheet	17.5 m	(57.3 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	17.5 m	(57.3 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet	43.7 m	(143.4 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	38.5 m	(126.2 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Cunningham	6.7 m	(22.0 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Kickingstrap	13.4 m	(44.0 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Clew-outhaul	13.4 m	(44.0 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 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.