- Length
- 14.96 m
- Beam
- 4.42 m
- Draft
- 2.2 m
- Sail area
- 116.04 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement7
- Length overall
- 14.96 m
- Waterline length
- 12.5 m
- Beam
- 4.42 m
- Draft
- 2.2 m
- Displacement
- 18,000 kg
- Ballast
- 8,119 kg
- Mast height above water
- 19.45 m
Sails & rig11
- Rig type
- Staysail ketch
- Sail area
- 116.04 m²
- Mainsail area
- 39.99 m²
- Foresail area
- 51.01 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 17.6 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 5.8 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 16 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 5 m
- Mizzen luff (PY)
- 9.5 m
- Mizzen foot (EY)
- 2.96 m
- Forestay length
- 18.53 m
Engine & propulsion4
- Engine power
- 143 hp
- Engine type
- Diesel
- Engine make
- Volvo Penta
- Engine model
- MD40-TA
Hull & construction3
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Fin keel, skeg-hung rudder
- Ballast material
- Lead
Tanks2
- Fuel tank
- 765 L
- Fresh water tank
- 1,400 L
Production & design5
- Production started
- 1982
- Production ended
- 1997
- Hulls built
- 89
- Builder
- Hallberg-Rassy
- Designer
- Olle Enderlein / Christoph Rassy
Performance ratios7
- Sail area / displacement
- 17.25
- Displacement / length
- 257.04
- Ballast / displacement
- 45.1 %
- Comfort ratio
- 40.12
- Capsize screening
- 1.7
- Hull speed
- 8.58 kn
- Load per cm of immersion
- 379.3 kg/cm
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Hallberg-Rassy 491 generation
01
1982–1997