Compare sailboats that actually compare.

Performance ratios like SA/D and D/L, hull resin, hull material, and mast material — side by side, hand-curated from public specs.

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The fleet at a glance

Drawn from every published boat in the dataset.

Boats tracked

Manufacturers

1968–2024

Years spanned

33 / 25

Monohull / multihull

SA/D vs. D/L — monohulls

Sail-area-to-displacement vs. displacement-to-length, colored by keel type.

Fin (15)

Fin + bulb (10)

Full keel (3)

Other (5)

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Boat	Group	SA/D	D/L
X-Yachts X-41	Fin + bulb	25.6	146
Nautor's Swan Swan 42	Fin	21.7	240
Dufour Yachts 460 Grand Large	Fin	20.8	153
Beneteau Oceanis 46.1	Fin	18.0	127
J/Boats J/111	Fin + bulb	24.0	119
J/Boats J/120	Fin + bulb	21.6	145
J/Boats J/105	Fin + bulb	23.6	135
Beneteau First 36.7	Fin + bulb	19.3	209
Beneteau Oceanis 40.1	Fin	17.6	139
Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 410	Fin	20.4	147
Jeanneau Sun Fast 3300	Fin + bulb	27.3	139
Hunter Marine 356	Other	17.5	217
Hunter Marine Legend 40.5	Other	16.5	202
Catalina Yachts 30	Fin	15.2	291
Catalina Yachts 355	Fin	15.9	224
Catalina Yachts 27	Fin	15.1	251
Hallberg-Rassy 342	Fin	20.1	196
Hallberg-Rassy 40C	Fin + bulb	18.5	189
Outbound Yachts 44	Fin	18.8	192
Valiant Yachts 40	Fin	15.5	256
Pacific Seacraft 34	Full keel	15.3	329
Island Packet 380	Full keel	18.6	286
Tayana Yachts 37	Full keel	17.3	337
Amel Super Maramu	Fin + bulb	22.5	174
Oyster Yachts 435	Fin	17.2	259
Jeremy Rogers / Contessa Yachts Contessa 32	Fin	20.1	307
J/Boats J/109	Fin + bulb	21.0	172
Cal Yachts 34	Fin	18.4	241
Pearson Yachts 35	Other	15.9	371
C&C Yachts 115	Fin	24.1	147
Tartan Yachts 3700	Other	18.1	213
J/Boats J/122	Fin + bulb	22.9	161
Garcia Yachts Exploration 45	Other	15.5	205

SA/D vs. D/L — catamarans & trimarans

Same ratios, scaled to multihulls only — colored by hull material. Not shown against monohulls above: the zone thresholds there are monohull-calibrated and don't carry the same meaning for multihull physics.

GRP / fiberglass (21)

Carbon fiber (4)

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Boat	Group	SA/D	D/L
Lagoon 500	GRP / fiberglass	24.6	143
Lagoon 620	GRP / fiberglass	23.8	149
Leopard Catamarans 50	GRP / fiberglass	20.9	173
Catana 53	GRP / fiberglass	30.8	96
HH Catamarans 55	Carbon fiber	33.3	93
Balance Catamarans 526	GRP / fiberglass	35.6	88
Bali Catamarans 5.4	GRP / fiberglass	21.2	137
Fountaine Pajot Samana 59	GRP / fiberglass	21.5	131
Fountaine Pajot Alegria 67	GRP / fiberglass	21.9	132
Gunboat 62	GRP / fiberglass	36.3	78
Chris White Designs Atlantic 57	GRP / fiberglass	25.6	64
Antares Catamarans 44	GRP / fiberglass	24.0	106
Chris White Designs Hammerhead 54	GRP / fiberglass	32.7	48
Outremer Yachting 51	GRP / fiberglass	27.4	78
Neel Trimarans 51	GRP / fiberglass	30.0	104
Windelo 50	GRP / fiberglass	37.4	88
Privilège Marine Signature 510	GRP / fiberglass	22.5	134
Cure Marine 55	Carbon fiber	33.9	64
Kinetic Catamarans 54	Carbon fiber	26.6	108
Xquisite Yachts X5 Plus	GRP / fiberglass	32.8	125
McConaghy MC60	GRP / fiberglass	30.5	88
Rapido Trimarans 60	Carbon fiber	42.9	50
Shuttleworth Designs 58	GRP / fiberglass	47.3	28
Catana 65	GRP / fiberglass	24.6	89
Catana 582	GRP / fiberglass	28.1	127

Fleet composition

Monohull33 Catamaran21 Trimaran4