Review of Cyclades 50.4

Basic specs.

The Cyclades 50.4 is a large sailboat designed by the French maritime architect Jean Berret together with Olivier Racoupeau also from France in the mid 2000.

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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 masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.

Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.15 - 2.25 meter (7.05 - 7.35 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 Cyclades 50.4 is about 500 kg/cm, alternatively 2801 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 500 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2801 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 Cyclades 50.4 is 3.11.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 88% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead 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	43.1 m	(141.6 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	43.1 m	(141.6 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	43.1 m	(141.6 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib sheet	15.2 m	(50.0 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	15.2 m	(50.0 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet	38.1 m	(125.0 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	33.5 m	(110.0 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Cunningham	5.9 m	(19.4 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Kickingstrap	11.8 m	(38.7 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Clew-outhaul	11.8 m	(38.7 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.