Specification
Reacher 780 preliminary specification:
Data:
Hull length: 780 cm
LOA: 780 cm
Length w rudders: 8,10 m
Length with gennaker pole: 9,24 m
Beam: 254 cm
Displacement: 1150 kg
Keel weight: 525 kg
Ballast ratio: 46%
Draft (keel down): 1,80 m
Draft (keel up): 0,60 m
Mast: 12,25 m
Main sail: 25 m2
Jib: 16 m2
Gennaker: 65 m2
Hull/deck material: Vinylester Glass with Carbon reinforcements
CE design category: B4 / C8
Nautical Design: Andrej Justin
Concept and product design: Reacher team
Construction
Hull and deck are built in sandwich construction using vacuum infusion process.
Rudder is built in carbon-epoxy post cured at high temperature.
Keel is built in Steel.
Bulb is forged lead-antimony with epoxy compound surface finish.
Keelbox is integral with must support/keel lifting system.
Mast and rigging: Fractional rig with 1 set of backswept spreaders and no backstay.
Performance - VPP
Boat speed in upwind, reaching and downwind conditions in various wind speed scenarios.
CFD optimization
Computational Fluid Dynamics calculates lift and drag forces of a hull with appendages and can also be used to compute pressure loads due to waves and wave impact at speed. The forces of lift, drag and pressure can be translated into structural requirements and provide the means to optimize a hull working in concert with its appendages to produce lift in the most efficient manner possible while satisfying the needs for stability.
Thanks to our partners, Dr. Ing. Kristijan Horvat & Stanislav Sviderek, Phd, we have an advanced CFD hull analysis and simulations in various boat speed and heel angle positions. Results are impressive as they confirm a very efficient hull with performance parameters as predicted in boat's VPP.
" To see a sailboat actually sailing before it is even made is the ultimate dream of each owner, producer, or designer. Advanced computer technology makes this possible now and gives the designer a very powerful tool to optimize lines and performance. At the same time the producer and future owners gain confidence that they will have the boat exactly as they want it."
Andrej Justin, Designer
Similar boats comparison:
Hull Length:
Beam:
Displacement:
Ballast ratio:
Keel type:
Draft min:
Draft max:
Sail area (SA) upwind:
Spi/Gen sail area:
SA/displ. upwind:
SA/displ. downwind:
Reacher 780
7,80
2,54
1150
46%
Lift keel
0,60
1,80
41
65
35
78
Seascape 27
7,99
2,54
1380
44%
Swing keel
0,95
1,95
48
80
35
78
Saphire 27
7,99
2,50
1300
38%
Lift keel
0,50
1,70
44
75
34
80
Life 7.5
7,50
2,50
1000
47%
Swing keel
0,70
2,00
43
60
43
88
Far East 26
7,92
2,55
1655
36%
Lift keel
?
1,70
37
57
22
48
Pointer 25
7,70
2,50
1500
47%
Fix keel
1,10
1,10
37
46
25
47
SQ 25
7,50
2,53
1830
33%
Swing keel
0,80
1,80
41
50
22
42
Heol 7.4
7,50
2,55
1300
38%
Twin Swing keel
0,60
1,90
42
60
32
66
Kerkena 7.6
7,55
2,55
1490
35%
Twin Swing keel
0,60
1,80
33
68
22
68
Mak 7
7,50
2,50
1350
30%
Lift keel
0,40
1,60
32
50
24
51
Bente 24
7,55
2,75
1300
?%
Fix keel
1,50
1,50
32
?
25
?