- Length
- 14.94 m
- Beam
- 4.09 m
- Draft
- 3.05 m
- Sail area
- 85.66 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement7
- Length overall
- 14.94 m
- Waterline length
- 12.32 m
- Beam
- 4.09 m
- Draft
- 3.05 m
- Minimum draft
- 1.73 m
- Displacement
- 17,237 kg
- Ballast
- 3,629 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Ketch, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 85.66 m²
- Mainsail area
- 29.93 m²
- Foresail area
- 42.79 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 14.94 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 5.73 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 12.41 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 4.82 m
- Forestay length
- 16 m
Hull & construction3
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Keel with centreboard
- Ballast material
- Lead
Production & design3
- Production started
- 1971
- Hulls built
- 23
- Designer
- H. Hinckley
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 13.11
- Displacement / length
- 256.89
- Ballast / displacement
- 21.1 %
- Comfort ratio
- 43.01
- Capsize screening
- 1.6
- Hull speed
- 8.52 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Hinckley 491 generation
01
1971 — status pending