Pointless
USA ESSE 850Sail number USA/SUI49
GPH
607.8
OSN
594.5
LOA
8.5 m
Displacement
1222 kg
Triple-Number Ratings
Lower is fasterTriple Inshore
Low
0.6989
Medium
0.8815
High
1.0126
Triple Offshore
Low
0.8912
Medium
1.0956
High
1.2386
Boat Specifications
Dimensions
- Length overall
- 8.5 m
- Beam
- 2.19 m
- Draft
- 2 m
- Displacement
- 1222 kg
- Crew weight
- 280 kg
- Wetted surface
- 14.36 m²
Sails
- Mainsail
- 25.66 m²
- Genoa
- 15.65 m²
- Spinnaker
- 0 m²
- Asymmetric spinnaker
- 69.78 m²
Design
- Type
- ESSE 850
- Builder
- PROTEUS YACHTS
- Designer
- FELCI
- Year built
- 2004
Velocity Prediction
Each row is TWS followed by TWA and boat-speed pairs. Paste it directly into WX Navigator or compatible navigation software.
| Wind Speed | 52° | 60° | 75° | 90° | 110° | 120° | 135° | 150° |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 5.58 | 5.86 | 6.04 | 5.95 | 6.11 | 5.98 | 5.4 | 4.55 |
| 8 | 6.39 | 6.62 | 6.8 | 6.76 | 7 | 7.01 | 6.6 | 5.77 |
| 10 | 6.61 | 6.86 | 7.24 | 7.4 | 7.49 | 7.75 | 7.47 | 6.67 |
| 12 | 6.71 | 7 | 7.47 | 7.89 | 7.92 | 8.3 | 8.48 | 7.44 |
| 14 | 6.78 | 7.1 | 7.65 | 8.21 | 8.34 | 8.85 | 9.58 | 8.38 |
| 16 | 6.83 | 7.18 | 7.8 | 8.48 | 9.03 | 9.4 | 10.46 | 9.52 |
| 20 | 6.84 | 7.22 | 7.94 | 8.88 | 10.08 | 10.44 | 11.99 | 12.57 |
| 24 | 6.69 | 7.12 | 7.97 | 9.15 | 10.72 | 11.38 | 13.57 | 15.53 |
| Wind Speed | Beat Angle | Beat VMG | Run Angle | Run VMG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 42.8° | 3.69 | 142.8° | 3.94 |
| 8 | 40.1° | 4.37 | 146.9° | 5 |
| 10 | 39.3° | 4.57 | 151.1° | 5.78 |
| 12 | 39.9° | 4.63 | 148.9° | 6.44 |
| 14 | 40.1° | 4.67 | 145.7° | 7.26 |
| 16 | 40.4° | 4.69 | 144.8° | 8.25 |
| 20 | 41.6° | 4.62 | 146.8° | 10.89 |
| 24 | 44° | 4.39 | 150.7° | 13.49 |
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