Review of Vindö 90

Basic specs.

The Vindö 90 is a large motorsailer designed by the Swedish maritime architect Carl Andersson together with John H. V. Lindblom also from Sweden in the mid seventies.

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Interior

The boat is equipped with a galley and toilet facility.

Rig

The boat equipped with a ketch rig.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with a diesel 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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Vindö 90 is 1.74, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Vindö 90 is about 344 kg/cm, alternatively 1926 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 344 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1926 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 Vindö 90 is 3.29.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

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.