Performance

Many customers have requested information on the Antares' performance. Below is a link to data generated by a computerized performance predicting program. It shows the best sail configuration and the best course to sail in various conditions for optimal sailing performance on the Antares.

Several elements are input in to the program, including:

• hull forms - including volume distributions - displacements, and the overall beam of the vessel which has a determining factor to its stability value
• crew distribution - on windward hull
• sails - main, genoa, jib and spinnaker
• mast dimensions - determining mast drag
• rudders and keels - lift and drag properties
  

*Note: the optimum tack points on the charts presumes the use of a genoa (upper half of chart) and the optimum gybe presumes the use of a spinnaker (lower half of the chart). This is reflected in the polar diagram and indicates the point when you should change sails.

The data was gathered from a 42 model but is still applicable to the 44 with the extended transom.

Click here to download the pdf file. (size: 1.28 MB)

For realtime performance numbers in light winds, link here to see photos taken during our sea trial in Annapolis.