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Zou 40

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General specification
Type	Régata monohull
Ship Yard	CARÈNE Constructions nautiques (France)
Designer	Gildas Plessis (France) Julien Marin (France)
Launching year	2004

Dimensions
Hull length	12.18 m	39.96 ft
Length of Water Line (LWL)	11.40 m	37.40 ft
Hull Beam (BH)	4.00 m	13.12 ft
Draft	3.00 m	9.84 ft
Draft without appendices	1.90 m	6.23 ft
Height	19.00 m	62.34 ft

Sail Area
Rigging	Splited sloop
Upwind sail area	108.00 m²	1,162.50 sq ft
Downwind sail area	203.00 m²	2,185.07 sq ft
Mainsail area	65.00 m²	699.65 sq ft
Genoa area	43.00 m²	462.85 sq ft
Asymmetrical spinnaker area	138.00 m²	1,485.42 sq ft
High wind symmetrical spinnaker area	120.00 m²	1,291.67 sq ft

Performance
Upwind sail area / Light displacement	21.60 m² / Tonne	236.2 sq ft / ton
Downwind sail area / Light displacement	40.60 m² / Tonne	444.0 sq ft / ton
Upwind sail area / Beam	27.00 m² / m	88.6 sq ft / ft
Downwind sail area / Beam	50.75 m² / m	166.5 sq ft / ft
Ballast percentage	34.0 %

Rigging
Mast's material	Extruded aluminium
Mast's type	Classical mast put on the keel
Mast's holding	Two stairs of spreader with diagonals
Spreader mast type	Pushing

Hull and appendices
Hull's material	Foam/glass/epoxy sandwich
Light displacement	5,000 kg	11,023 lb
Anti leeway devices	Keel with bulb
Keel ballast	1,700 kg	3,748 lb
Ballast's material	Lead
Kell's material	Steel
Two ballasts	750 litres	198 gal
Helm's type	Two tillers with sticks
Rudders	Two suspension rudders

Securtity and regulation
Crew number during races	1 ou 2
Class	Class 40
CE certification	A

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