
- Length
- 15.59 m
- Beam
- 4.29 m
- Draft
- 3.38 m
- Sail area
- 115.2 m²
Specifications
Dimensions & displacement7
- Length overall
- 15.59 m
- Waterline length
- 11.43 m
- Beam
- 4.29 m
- Draft
- 3.38 m
- Minimum draft
- 1.8 m
- Displacement
- 19,958 kg
- Ballast
- 6,822 kg
Sails & rig9
- Rig type
- Sloop, masthead rig
- Sail area
- 115.2 m²
- Mainsail area
- 54.18 m²
- Foresail area
- 60.99 m²
- Foretriangle height (I)
- 19.81 m
- Foretriangle base (J)
- 6.16 m
- Mainsail luff (P)
- 17.34 m
- Mainsail foot (E)
- 6.25 m
- Forestay length
- 20.75 m
Hull & construction3
- Hull material
- Fibreglass
- Keel type
- Keel with centreboard
- Ballast material
- Lead
Production & design2
- Production started
- 1984
- Designer
- McCurdy & Rhodes
Performance ratios6
- Sail area / displacement
- 15.99
- Displacement / length
- 372.49
- Ballast / displacement
- 34.2 %
- Comfort ratio
- 48.29
- Capsize screening
- 1.6
- Hull speed
- 8.21 kn
Yacht photography
Years, generations and variants
Sou’Wester 511 generation
01
1984 — status pending
