Review of Winner 950

Winner 950 anno 1998.

Basic specs.

The Winner 950 is a sailboat designed by the Dutch maritime architect E. G. van de Stadt.

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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 Winner 950 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 enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.70 - 1.80 meter (5.58 - 5.88 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

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 Winner 950 is about 199 kg/cm, alternatively 1119 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 199 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1119 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 Winner 950 is 3.04.

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.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Winner 950 is 41%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 50% of all similar sailboat designs. This righting moment (ability to resist heeling) is spot on average!

Over- / underrigged

The Winner 950 has more rig than 82% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is significantly overrigged.

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	29.3 m	(96.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	29.3 m	(96.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	29.3 m	(96.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Jib sheet	9.5 m	(31.3 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet	9.5 m	(31.3 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet	23.8 m	(78.2 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	21.0 m	(68.8 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Cunningham	4.3 m	(14.1 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Kickingstrap	8.6 m	(28.2 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Clew-outhaul	8.6 m	(28.2 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 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.