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Sister
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| Designer | Germán Frers, Argentina |
| Builder | Hallberg-Rassy, Sweden |
| Hull length | 16.44 m / 53'11" |
| Beam | 4.64 m / 15'3" |
| Draft | 2.29 m / 7'6" |
| Displacement | 23000 kg / 50706 lbs |
| Sail area with jib | 131 m² / 1410 sq ft |
| Engine | Volvo Penta |
| Cylinders | 6 |
| Engine power | 107 KWatts / 145 HP |
| Speed under power | 8.5 knots |
| Water tank | 1020 liters / 270 US gallons |
| Diesel tank | 850 liters / 225 US gallons |
| Height from waterline to top of mast | 22.4 m / 73.5 ft |
| The 53 is significantly deeper and significantly taller than our first boat from Hallberg-Rassy. The depth and height both proved to be a problem because of the shallow waters and low bridges of the Bahamas and of the east coast of the US. |
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One of the things I found interesting was that the boat is actually longer than her model name would indicate. Most boat builders tend to stretch reality a bit in that the the number in the model name often exceeds the actual boat length. For example, if the hypothetical boat builder "Acme" were to build a boat which is 53 feet 11 inches long, like Sister, They would almost certainly call it an "Acme 54". |
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HR doesn't follow the Acme example. Don't know why... they just don't |
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Note the engine power rating is given in KiloWatts and Horsepower. In the US we only use KiloWatts when referring to electricity but it is a perfectly legitimate way to express the power developed by an engine. In fact, most of the rest of the world uses KiloWatts as opposed to horsepower. If you're a real techo-nut then you've already figured out that one horse power is approximately equivalent to 740 Watts (or 0.74 KW). |
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