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Sun Légende 41 Keel and centerboard

Sailboat specifications

The Sun Légende 41 is a 40’2” (12.25m) cruiser-racer sailboat designed by Douglas Peterson (United States). She was built between 1985 and 1994 by Jeanneau (France) with 548 hulls completed. The Keel and centerboard version features a centerboard inside of a short fin-keel allowing shoal draft while maintaining upwind capabilities.

The Sun Légende 41 is as well listed, on Boat-Specs.com, in Fin keel and Regatta version (see all the versions compared).

Sun Légende 41's main features

Model
Sun Légende 41
Version
Keel and centerboard
Hull type
Monohull
Category
Offshore cruiser-racer sailboat
Sailboat builder
Sailboat designer
Country
France
Construction
GRP (glass reinforced polyester):
- Hull: Single skin fiberglass (Kevlar optional) polyester
- Deck: Sandwich balsa fiberglass polyester
Number of hulls built
548
First built hull
1985
Last built hull
1994
Appendages
Centerboard : pivoting centerboard in the keel
Helm
Single helm wheel
Rudder
Single spade rudder
Unsinkable
No
Trailerable
No
Former French navigation category
1
Standard public price ex. VAT (indicative only)
N/A

Sun Légende 41's main dimensions

Overall length
40’ 10”12.45 m
Hull length
40’ 2”12.25 m
Waterline length
32’ 8”9.98 m
Beam (width)
12’ 11”3.94 m
Draft
7’ 2”2.18 m
Draft when appendages up
4’ 10”1.47 m
Mast height from DWL
58’ 8”17.88 m
Light displacement (MLC)
16226 lb7360 kg
Ballast weight
6878 lb3120 kg
Ballast type
Cast iron exterior ballast with steel centerboard
French customs tonnage
14.23 Tx

Sun Légende 41's rig and sails

Upwind sail area
948 ft²88.07 m²
Downwind sail area
1612 ft²149.72 m²
Mainsail area
360 ft²33.47 m²
Genoa area
588 ft²54.6 m²
Solent area
379 ft²35.19 m²
Jib area
210 ft²19.55 m²
Stormjib area
82 ft²7.65 m²
Symmetric spinnaker area
1251 ft²116.25 m²
I
 iFore triangle height (from mast foot to fore stay top attachment)
51’ 2”15.6 m
J
 iFore triangle base (from mast foot to bottom of forestay)
15’ 1”4.6 m
P
 iMainsail hoist measurement (from tack to head)
44’ 11”13.7 m
E
 iMainsail foot measurement (from tack to clew)
14’ 1”4.3 m
Rigging type
Sloop Marconi masthead
Mast configuration
Keel stepped mast
Rotating spars
No
Number of levels of spreaders
2
Spreaders angle
0 °
Running backstays
1 set(s)
Spars construction
Aluminum spars

Sun Légende 41's performances

Upwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.

Upwind: under 18 the ratio indicates a cruise oriented sailboat with limited performances especially in light wind, while over 25 it indicates a fast sailboat.
251 ft²/T23.28 m²/T
Downwind sail area to displacement
 iThe ratio sail area to displacement is obtained by dividing the sail area by the boat's displaced volume to the power two-thirds.

The ratio sail area to displacement can be used to compare the relative sail plan of different sailboats no matter what their size.
426 ft²/T39.57 m²/T
Displacement-length ratio (DLR)
 iThe Displacement Length Ratio (DLR) is a figure that points out the boat's weight compared to its waterline length. The DLR is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement in tons by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet).
The DLR can be used to compare the relative mass of different sailboats no matter what their length:

a DLR less than 180 is indicative of a really light sailboat (race boat made for planning), while a DLR greater than 300 is indicative of a heavy cruising sailboat.
210
Ballast ratio
 iThe Ballast ratio is an indicator of stability; it is obtained by dividing the boat's displacement by the mass of the ballast. Since the stability depends also of the hull shapes and the position of the center of gravity, only the boats with similar ballast arrangements and hull shapes should be compared.

The higher the ballast ratio is, the greater is the stability.
42 %
Critical hull speed
 iAs a ship moves in the water, it creates standing waves that oppose its movement. This effect increases dramatically the resistance when the boat reaches a speed-length ratio (speed-length ratio is the ratio between the speed in knots and the square root of the waterline length in feet) of about 1.2 (corresponding to a Froude Number of 0.35) . This very sharp rise in resistance, between speed-length ratio of 1.2 to 1.5, is insurmountable for heavy sailboats and so becomes an apparent barrier. This leads to the concept of "hull speed".
The hull speed is obtained by multiplying the square root of the waterline length (in feet) by 1.34.
7.67 knots

Sun Légende 41's auxiliary engine

Engine(s)
1 inboard engine
Engine(s) power (min./max.)
44 HP / 55 HP
Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel tank capacity
52.8 gal200 liters

Sun Légende 41's accommodations and layout

Cockpit
Closed aft cockpit
Cabin(s) (min./max.)
2 / 3
Berth(s) (min./max.)
4 / 11
Head(s) (min./max.)
1 / 2
Freshwater tank capacity
92.5 gal350 liters
Maximum headroom
6’ 7”2 m
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