Sail area / displacement
How much sail the boat carries for its weight — its power in light air.
- 16.9· Cruiser
How it is worked out
sail area (ft²) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅔
published upwind sail area
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N395 AC - A Modern Cruiser — Najad Yachts
Design
- Designer
- Farr Yacht Design and Ken Freivokh Design
Summary
- Length overall
- 39.3 ft
- Beam
- 13.1 ft
- Draft
- 5.9–6.9 ft
- Air draft
- 66.1 ft
- Displacement
- 27,337 lb
- Sail area (upwind)
- 958 ft²
- Cabins
- 2–3
- Steering wheels
- 2
* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.
Best Suited For
- Bluewater Cruising
From the published figures: CE Category A · LOA 11.99 m · fresh water 370 L
- Short-Handed
From the published figures: LOA 11.99 m · upwind 89 m²
- Liveaboard
From the published figures: LOA 11.99 m · 3 cabins · 2 heads · fresh water 370 L
Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.
Sailing Ratios
Classic yacht-design ratios worked out from the builder's published figures, each shown against the bands designers read it by.
Displacement / length
How heavy the boat is for its waterline length. Lower is lighter and quicker; higher is steadier and roomier.
- 261· Moderate
How it is worked out
displacement (long tons) ÷ (0.01 × waterline length in ft)³
Ballast ratio
The share of the weight carried in the keel — a rough guide to stiffness, though how deep that weight sits matters as much.
- 35· Moderate
How it is worked out
ballast ÷ displacement × 100
Comfort ratio
Ted Brewer's measure of how gently a boat moves in a seaway. Higher means a slower, easier motion.
- 36.7· Moderate offshore
How it is worked out
displacement (lb) ÷ (0.65 × (0.7 × LWL + 0.3 × LOA) × beam^1.333), lengths in ft
Capsize screening
A guide from the inquiry after the 1979 Fastnet race: below 2 was taken as suited to ocean passages. It ignores hull shape and where the ballast sits.
- 1.74· Below 2
How it is worked out
beam (ft) ÷ (displacement as ft³ of seawater)^⅓
Hull speed
Roughly the speed a displacement hull reaches before it has to climb its own bow wave.
- 8.0 kn
How it is worked out
1.34 × √(waterline length in ft), in knots
Most builders publish a light displacement. The ratios were defined on a loaded boat, so every boat here reads a little lighter than a surveyor's figure would — all alike, which keeps them comparable.
Tanks
What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.
Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.
- Fuel98 galWater98 gal
Design Category
Certified CE design category A (Ocean): the wind and waves the EU Recreational Craft Directive says this boat is designed to take.
- D
Sheltered waters
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 4
- Waves
- up to 0.3 m
- C
Inshore
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 6
- Waves
- up to 2 m
- B
Offshore
- Wind
- up to Beaufort 8
- Waves
- up to 4 m
- AThis boat
Ocean
- Wind
- above Beaufort 8
- Waves
- above 4 m
Design limits set by the EU Recreational Craft Directive (2013/53/EU), in significant wave height. A category covers the conditions of those below it. It is the limit the boat was designed to, not a promise that it is safe in any conditions within it — that judgement stays with the skipper.
A figure marked with a quote mark was read from the builder's page. Open it for the exact line, the page and the date.
Dimensions
- LOA
- 39.3 ft (11.99 m)
- Hull length
- —
- LWL
- 36 ft (10.98 m)
- Beam
- 13.1 ft (4 m)
- Draft (min)
- 5.9 ft (1.8 m)
- Draft (max)
- 6.9 ft (2.1 m)
- Air draft
- 66.1 ft (20.15 m)
- Displacement
- 27,337 lb (12,400 kg)
- Ballast
- 9,700 lb (4,400 kg)
- Cabins
- 2–3
- Heads
- 1–2
- Berths
- —
Sail Plan
- Main sail
- —
- Jib
- —
- Genoa
- —
- Sail area
- 958 ft² (89 m²)
- Downwind sail area
- 1,345 ft² (125 m²)
- Rig type
- —
Engine and Tanks
- Engine
- 57 hp (Yanmar)
- Engine count
- 1
- Engine manufacturer
- Yanmar
- Propulsion type
- —
- Fuel capacity
- 98 gal (370 L)
- Fresh water capacity
- 98 gal (370 L)
- Black water capacity
- —
Construction
- Mast material
- —
- Hull material
- —
- Deck material
- —
- Keel type
- —
- Rudder type
- —
- Steering wheels
- 2
Builder's Own Figures
- Water capacity optional
- 165 litres
- Fuel capacity optional
- 165 litres
- Holding tank capacity
- 75 litres
- Code 0
- 76 m2
- Spinnaker
- 123 m2
Figures read fromthe builder's page
About Najad Yachts
Premium production
Swedish manufacturer of luxury sailing yachts, based on the island of Orust since 1971.
Najad was founded in 1971 at Henån on Orust, the Swedish island that builds more sailing yachts per square kilometre than anywhere else in the world, with a simple aim: the finest bluewater cruising yacht in Sweden. More than fifty years on, every Najad is still built by hand at Henån, where the joinery, the laminate schedule and the rigging layout are each worked out rather than left to chance. The boats have circumnavigated, crossed the Atlantic many times over, and come back.
Visit brand pageThe Najad Yachts Range
Every model Najad Yachts publishes, by length — where this one sits in the range.
- Najad 570 CC57.4 ft
- Najad 505 CC50.2 ft
- Najad 451 AC44.3 ft
- Najad 451 CC44.3 ft
- Najad 410 CC40 ft
- Najad 395 AC· this model39.3 ft
By the Same Designers
Boats this boat's designers also drew, for other builders too. Credits are grouped only where the names clearly agree, however each builder spelled them; an unclear one is left out.
Ken Freivokh DesignDesign · 3 boats · 1 builder
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