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Which sailing yachts have the highest sail area to displacement ratio?

Of the 122 sailing monohulls whose builders publish upwind sail area and displacement, the highest sail area to displacement ratio is the wallyrocket 51's at 47.9, followed by the Mylius M72 (45.4) and the Nautor Swan ClubSwan 28 (42.8).

#ModelBuilderLengthSA/D ratio
1wallyrocket 51Wally15.50 m / 50.9 ft47.9
2Mylius M72Mylius Yachts22.24 m / 73.0 ft45.4
3ClubSwan 28Nautor Swan10.70 m / 35.1 ft42.8
4wallywind 110Wally33.42 m / 109.6 ft38.1
5wallynano 37Wally12.00 m / 39.4 ft36.0
6111RSSolaris33.77 m / 110.8 ft35.9
7Mylius M60GLMylius Yachts18.50 m / 60.7 ft34.9
8ICE 53 STICE Yachts16.18 m / 53.1 ft34.4
9ICE 52 RSICE Yachts15.80 m / 51.8 ft34.2
10GS Plus 80 PGrand Soleil26.20 m / 86.0 ft33.9
11GS Plus 72 PGrand Soleil23.75 m / 77.9 ft33.7
12GS Plus 80 LCGrand Soleil26.20 m / 86.0 ft33.4
13ICE 62 TargaICE Yachts17.99 m / 59.0 ft33.2
14ICE 70 RSICE Yachts21.30 m / 69.9 ft33.2
15ClubSwan 43Nautor Swan14.56 m / 47.8 ft33.0
16Figaro Beneteau 3Beneteau10.89 m / 35.7 ft32.9
17ICE 52 STICE Yachts15.80 m / 51.8 ft32.7
18GS Plus 72 LCGrand Soleil23.75 m / 77.9 ft32.6
19wallywind 130Wally40.00 m / 131.2 ft32.3
20JPK 1050JPK Composites10.45 m / 34.3 ft32.2
21ICE 66 RSICE Yachts19.90 m / 65.3 ft32.0
22GS Plus 65 PGrand Soleil21.60 m / 70.9 ft31.4
23SUNBEAM 29.1 GTSunbeam Yachts8.99 m / 29.5 ft31.1
24Baltic 67 Performance CruiserBaltic Yachts20.52 m / 67.3 ft31.1
25GS Plus 65 LCGrand Soleil21.60 m / 70.9 ft31.0

How this ranking is worked out

Upwind sail area in square feet divided by displaced volume in cubic feet to the power two-thirds (displacement in sea water at 1,025 kg/m³). Above about 20 is a powerful boat, 16–20 a performance cruiser, below 16 a heavier cruiser.

122 boats in the catalogue publish the figures this ranking needs. Only figures the builders themselves publish are used; a boat that does not publish one is left out, never estimated, and discontinued models are not ranked. Each model page names the builder's page its figures were read from.

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