N-yachts 41
Peter Norlin · 1998
Updated
The N-yachts 41 is a 12.38 m displacement racing yacht designed by Peter Norlin, first launched in 1998. It races in Class B.
Length
12.38 m
40′ 7″
Beam
3.57 m
Draft
1.97 m
Displacement
8.1 t
Sail area
101 m²
On the podium
Where a N-yachts 41 finishes when she goes racing.
0
Wins
0
Seconds
0
Thirds
1
Starts
Not enough races yet for a percentage — these are the counts so far. We keep collecting results, so this will fill in.
Read from 1 start by 1 boat between 2015, counting races with six boats or more.
Recent regattas
The latest events where a N-yachts 41 was on the start line, named as the organisers publish them.
Hollænderseilasen2015
Raced one we are missing?
Report a regattaRound the buoys, or offshore
A short windward-leeward and a night at sea ask different things of a boat. Here is how this one does in each.
Round the buoys
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Not enough data yet: no races of 10 NM or less carry a published distance.
Offshore & coastal
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Not enough data yet: no races over 10 NM carry a published distance.
Who she races against
The designs a N-yachts 41 actually lines up with, most often first. The bar shows how those meetings ended.
Met too few times for a figure:
X-442 (1 meeting), Seaquest 36 (1 meeting), Dynamic 43 (1 meeting), First 40 (1 meeting), Elan 350 (1 meeting), Xp 38 (2 meetings), First 40.7 (3 meetings), X-40 (2 meetings), X-412 (1 meeting), Luffe 43 (1 meeting), Mumm 36 (2 meetings), Bavaria Match 42 (1 meeting), Hanse 430 (2 meetings), 11 Metre (2 meetings), X-43 (1 meeting), Hp 103 (1 meeting), Hanse 400 (1 meeting)
Speed at every angle
The shape of this design's speed, drawn from the measured fleet. Pick a wind and watch it stretch.
Upwind VMG
5.56
38°
Beam reach
8.60
90°
Broad reach
9.47
135°
Downwind VMG
8.06
170°
Speed in knots at 20 knots of true wind. Green marks the angles that pay: the closest useful beat and the deepest run worth sailing.
Where it wins and where it pays
Every boat is judged against its own measurements — length, weight, sail area. The quicker those say it should be, the more it has to deliver just to break even. Going fast is not enough: it has to go faster than its own numbers promised.
This is a light-air boat. Early-season racing and morning breezes play to its strengths; once it pipes up the fleet comes back to it.
Where it gains
Its best ground is to windward in light air, where it outruns what it looks like on paper, and by a margin worth having. It holds that advantage across the wind as well, so the gain is not down to one leg of the course.
Where it pays
It falls short cracked off when it blows, giving away time it never gets back. That is a displacement hull working to its designed speed.
Above the line it delivers more than promised and gains on the fleet. Below, it falls short. Move the wind: plenty of boats sit on one side in the light and the other when it blows.
Full width is 0.6 kn either way.
At 10 knots this design makes back more than its rating asks on the upwind.
How fast is a N-yachts 41
Boat speed in knots, by true wind angle and wind strength.
| Angle | 6 kn | 10 kn | 14 kn | 20 kn |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beat VMG | 3.79 | 5.04 | 5.40 | 5.56 |
| 52° | 5.80 | 7.26 | 7.59 | 7.74 |
| 60° | 6.12 | 7.45 | 7.77 | 7.94 |
| 75° | 6.34 | 7.60 | 8.00 | 8.27 |
| 90° | 6.22 | 7.62 | 8.13 | 8.60 |
| 110° | 6.04 | 7.77 | 8.47 | 9.14 |
| 120° | 5.88 | 7.69 | 8.47 | 9.55 |
| 135° | 5.27 | 7.31 | 8.21 | 9.47 |
| 150° | 4.42 | 6.55 | 7.75 | 8.82 |
| Run VMG | 3.83 | 5.68 | 6.90 | 8.06 |
How they are set up
The range each sail spans across the fleet.
Nearly all carry a folding propeller. A bowsprit is standard across the fleet. Crew weight is declared around 740 kg.
Rigging
N-yachts 41 rig and sail dimensions
A N-yachts 41 carries 15.58 m of mainsail hoist on a 5.36 m boom, a forestay 15.75 m above the deck and a 5.15 m bowsprit. Typical figures across the 2 boats measured under the current VPP, with the range each one spans.
Rig
Sails
The spinnaker spreads widest of all — 104 to 114 m² depending on bowsprit and set-up. Before ordering a sail, read the figure on your own measurement record rather than the typical one for the design.