LINJETT 39, 2023 FAMILY CRUISER EUROPEAN YACHT OF THE YEAR
The confusion continues regarding European Yacht of the Year choices, turning what is potentially a great idea into a mess. This year they chose as European Yacht of the year on the Performance Cruiser category a 36ft that has a head that is worse than the one in most 30ft cruisers, a head that would be barely acceptable in a 36ft race boat, but utterly unacceptable in a 36ft CRUISER, being it a performance one, or not.
First 36 head, with a foldable wash hand basin
And then they have chosen as European Family Yacht of the year a boat (Linjett 39) that is similar in price and characteristics to several boats that in past editions were nominated and judged as Luxury Cruisers, boats like the Grand Soleil LC46, Sunbeam 40.1, Maxi 1200 (2016) X4, Italia 12.98 (2017) Wauquiez Pilot saloon 42 (2019), Grand Soleil 42LC (2020), Hallberg-Rassy 40C, Moody 41DS (2021).
In the European Yacht of the Year award, Family Cruisers were always the category for the more affordable mainstream yachts, the ones produced by the big brands, or others that were able to match their prices or to come close. The Linjett 39, with a price tag of 485 000 euros (for a sail away boat with VAT) and luxury finish is certainly not in this category, where 39/40ft sailboats, in the same condition, cost about 320 000.
To further increase the general confusion, another of the boats that competed in the same "Family Cruiser" category was a Bente 28, which, by its sailing potential and design program, is a performance cruiser. The only other boat in competition in this category was the Dufour 37 (that is really a 33ft yacht), a boat that I don't like due to its extreme beam, but that was the only one that belonged in the category.
Facing this, the Jury only had two options, either to elect the Dufour as the European Family Cruisert of the year or to find that this year no boat deserved that award. It has already happened in past editions, but not to a big brand like Dufour.
Dufour 37
The reason for this state of affairs is clear: the yacht's demand and the number of builders are not enough to produce each year a suitable number of new yachts in all categories each, so, instead of making this a biannual or quadrennial event, to be sure that there is an adequate number of boats in the contest for each category, they prefer to aleatorily distribute boats for each category, to give as many prizes as they can.
It is good for magazines, and for brands, but in the end, takes away the contest's credibility, that, if made in different terms could be a very interesting one, and eventually give some guidance to consumers.
Finnflyer 34
Contrary to what some testers said, Linjett is a well-known brand, at least in the North of Europe, a brand known to build very solid well-built sailboats, with a slightly outdated designs, a brand like others that, in Scandinavia, build a small number of sailboats.
Those brands have been diminishing in number over the years, some existing in limbo, not being able to find a market for high quality, but also much more expensive boats, brands like Sweden Yacht, Finngulf, Wasa, CR, Vindo, Maxy yachts, Malo, SwedeStar, Fabola, Fantasi, Confortbatar, Scanyachts, Nauticat, Finnflyer, Aerodyne, Degero, Maestro, among others.
Fabola Yachts - Diva 34
The fact is that the biggest European sail magazine, Yacht.de, has made good work in regard to announcing each new model from these brands, some of them very modern sailboats, that end up disappearing and never being heard about again. I remember particularly one, the Maestro 345, a true beauty and a very advanced design for its time, that still looks now like a brand new design, more than a decade after having been designed.
And in regard to Linjett they had not only talked about them as they have tested them, the 43 in 2017, the 34 in 2015, and the 37 in 2011, and they have always said very well about the boats, their building quality, and the way they sailed.
Maestro 345
I posted about the Linjett 43 in this blog, back in 2014, calling attention to how well the boats were built and how strong they were:
When the Linjett 39 was announced I thought about posting about it in the blog, but after looking carefully at the sailboat, and the data, I decided not: sure, it was well built, it has a very well-finished interior, even if in what regards design it is not clearly designed by a top interior designer, and the hull design and the looks are outdated in many aspects, starting by the bow design and finishing in the transom and aft hull sections.
Above and below, Linjett 43
In fact, in regards to hull design and outside looks, I prefer the 10 years older Linjett 43, than the new 39, which, by the way, is a 40ft boat.
Note that being outdated does not mean that it does not sail well, as well as a good 15-year-old design would sail. It means that if a top naval architect would have done that design, it would have improved it in several aspects, from the length of the LWL, to the keel efficiency, to the design of the aft sections and transom.
But the 3.95m beam is quite adequate for a good sail performance in a 40ft boat, while maintaining a reasonable interior volume, the 39.1% B/D on a 2.15 draft, kind of lead torpedo keel, is about ideal.
These two characteristics, fine bow entries, and a decently designed (even if outdated) hull as well as low weight (8700kg with a 3400kg ballast, made possible due to the use of vacuum infusion using sandwich with divinycell foam as core and vinylester resin), gives the performance that would be expected from a sailboat with these characteristics, a quite good one.
Jeanneau 410
But why on hell implicitly compare this boat with boats like the Bavaria, Jeanneau, Beneteau, Dufour or Hanse, putting it in the same category these boats enter in this contest, the one of Family Cruisers?
If you pick up the Jeanneau 410 design, which is the only one among Family Cruisers that does not have a huge beam (3.99m) and build it with the same materials and techniques, giving it a similar B/D you would end up with a boat that would outperform the Linjett 39, and if the same quality and finish were used on the interior, it would make for a far better cruiser.
Jeanneau 410
The problem would be that the Jeanneau 410 would not cost 232 400 euros, but probably not far from the 375 854 euros the Linjett 39 costs, both boats without VAT, a price that is higher than the ones of Solaris 40, Arcona 415 or GS40, boats that are built the same way, using the same techniques and materials. And regarding the Jeanneau, contrary to what is usual in more expensive sailboats, it comes with more equipment than the Linjett, including sails.
What really pissed me off was the tone of some sail testers while speaking about the Linjett 39, as if they had discovered the gunpowder. The Linjett 39, even if slightly outdated is a good boat, but, given its price, without anything really extraordinary regarding the competition as their words make suppose, and most of all, not a Family Cruiser, by the definition they have been using in the European Yacht Boat of the Year contest.
If they really like the basic concept of the Linjett 39 as a Family Cruiser (like I do), I mean a sailing yacht with a good sail performance, a good B/D and a cozy, comfortable interior, but without trying to look bigger than the 40ft the boat actually is (by increasing beam, bow entries, and standing weight), or without reducing B/D, substituting it by hull form stability, then they should criticize those features and options, that are detrimental to sailing, in the design of current Family Cruisers, that are increasingly beamier, fatter, with higher freeboards and lower B/D.
Above and below, Linjett 39
But I never read any criticism by these same sail testers about excessive beam or freeboard in regards to the design of Beneteaus, Dufours, Hanses, or Bavarias, as I never heard any complaints regarding the low ballast ratio on those boats. Are they so ignorant about yacht design that they don't know what those options imply in terms of sail performance and even in what regards safety stability and AVS?
In fact, I remember that 15 years ago they used to publish in magazines, in each test, the stability curves of each boat and they stopped doing that allegedly because readers did not know how to interpret them as if it was not their job to interpret them for the readers, a thing, that, by the way, they have never done.
If they find it more adequate for a mainstream cruising sailboat the combination of design factors we find on the Linjett 39, that is not a reason to make it European Yacht of the year, in a category it does not obviously belong, but it is certainly a reason to criticize family cruiser's design when they clearly go astray of those design parameters. I hope it happens in the future, but I still have to see it happen.
Above and below, Linjett 39
I was ending this post here, but it would not be right, and quite unfair to the Linjett 39, which would be a victim of my irritation over all this affair regarding inappropriate choices, in the European Yacht of the Year contest. So, getting back to the Linjett:
If you can get over the 15-year-old Bavaria looks, or even better, if you like them, if you want a relatively fast, well-built, 40ft seaworthy cruiser, that does not put interior volume ahead of sail performance, then the Linjett 39 is a great boat.
The interior layout is specially adequate for a couple, with a single small head but a big cabinet that can be optionally turned into a separate cabin shower.
The 3 cabin layout, with only one head, does not make much sense and almost all 40ft cruisers on the market propose 2 head versions, but that is not the case with this one, even if probably a tiny head can be installed in the shower cabinet, that can be a normal one if the small chart table is eliminated.
Above Linjett 39, below Hallberg Rassy 400
The galley has a very good dimension and the cabinet storage all over the boat is just great, providing very good and detailed interior storage. The interior is of very good quality, but the design quality leaves to be desired.
It is like an interior designed and made by a good yacht carpenter, or by a boat builder, but not designed by a professional good yacht interior designer.
Contrary to almost all family cruisers the Linjett does not offer a swim platform but a cockpit semi-closed by back seats that provides good, even if deep and not easily accessed storage.
Under the cockpit, on the passage, there is a dedicated space for the liferaft. There is no more storage in the cockpit, being the space under the seats used for interior volume.
Hallberg Rassy 400
On the bow, there is a small sail locker, which is a very nice and rare feature in a 40ft boat. The mast is keel-stepped, another feature that you will only find in more expensive boats. The cockpit is not big, being most of the space used for the interior, but the layout is nice.
The boat comes with 2 standard winches accessible from the steering wheel and the running rigging that is typical on most cruisers, with all the lines carried back and a lot of clutches near the wheels, but with only 2 winches, even using the standard self-tacking jib the operation will be complicated because the boat comes standard with a good, over the cabin, mainsheet traveler.
Above and below, Linjett 39
They offer two more winches as an option and the boat seems prepared to take a 6 winch layout, with two winches over the cabin. Two small genoa trackers over the cabin are also standard, but not the sails, the anchor windlass, the shore power, or the battery charger. It comes standard with a 75L water-cooled fridge and a diesel heater.
Regarding hull and sail performance, I should add that all sail testers found the boat very well-balanced, fast for a mainstream yacht, and pleasant to sail.
The gains in performance a more modern designed hull would bring are not big, and not important in regards to cruising or this type of sailboat, being the biggest drawback probably the bigger heel angle, while sailing.
At 375 736 euros the Linjett 39 has a fair price, being a lot less expensive than a Hallberg Rassy 400 and not with an inferior build, probably the opposite.
The Hallberg Rassy offers a bigger interior, but even if very well designed, and looking very good, is one of the brands that have opted for maximizing interior volume at the cost of sailing performance, and the beam difference between these two boats, that have almost the same hull length (12.30 to 12.15m), is quite telling (4.18m to 3.85m).
Due to superior building techniques (vacuum infusion) and better resins (all vinylester), the Linjett 39 is considerably lighter (8700kg to 11 000kg) even if having almost the same ballast, in a more efficient keel, so, being the HR a lot beamier I have no doubt the Linjett sails better, and it is faster.
Regarding the interior, I find the one of the HR much nicer, but it is not really a difference in the quality of finish or material, but a difference in the design quality, a bit like in what regards the outside look. The difference in beam has an influence on the layout and while the Hallberg Rassy is able to offer 2 heads and a full chart table, for having two heads the Linjett will not have space for the chart table.
Another difference is the space for equipment between the two aft cabins, which is more than enough for mounting a generator on the HR, while on the Linjett, if possible, it will have to be chosen carefully and necessarily among the smaller in the market.
But on a two-cabin version (that is not on the Linjett option list), face to the Hallberg Rassy two-cabin version, these differences will be a lot smaller, having in this case the Linjett enough interior space for a chart table and two heads, and the space for equipment can be found in the bigger storage space.
Above, Linjett 39, below, Saare 41ac
The true competition to the Linjet 39 comes from the Saare 41.2, which, being a bigger boat (12.50m to 12.15m) has a comparable beam (3.92m to 3.85), and offers also an outdated look, a classic one, a thing that I cannot say about the Linjett look, that to me, is just outdated. I agree that it is a subtle difference. It has to do with semiotics and with a reading regarding yacht design and the shapes that better defined an era, and the best boats of that era.
Like anything regarding aesthetics, this is a personal opinion, that may differ from yours, but while I like the Saare 41.2 looks, I don't like the ones of Linjet 39. Besides that, the two boats have many things in common, including the way they are built and the materials used (vacuum infusion, vinylester resin, and divinycell sandwich composite).
The Saare is slightly heavier (9 300kg to 8700 kg) and I would not say more because I intend to make a comparison between the two sailboats, which I think would be interesting.
You call it outdated but remember, not all park aft to land in a city. Up here in the nordic, we go out in the nature - then, the "up-to-date" design is a PITA ;-)
Most boats in the Nordic sail in the Baltic, that is less populated then the Med, but semi-protected waters anyway, and the Linjett is a typical Baltic boat, made in the Baltic, where almost of of them sail.
Typically Nordic and British sailors are more conservative then French or Italian sailors and that is the only reason why Nordic sailors are slow to embrace new hull shapes and innovation, even when they were validated in sail competition (offshore and inshore), as having advantages over older ones.
Also, contrary to what happens elsewhere Nordic small brands, instead of contracting professional top naval architects to design their boats, tend to have them designed by the builders, in association with semi-professional boat designers, and that is another reason why the latest improvements in naval yacht design are not included in their designs.
But even Nordic sailors are being less conservative in what regards positive innovation and you can see that in brands like Hallberg-Rassy, X-yachts, Fabola yachts, and now Arcona.
I am glad, I am not the only one who felt that this years YOTY contest was some kind of bizar. This time it became really obvious that this event is not driven by journalistic means but by economic ones. Thankfully the last bit of honesty that the testers could find in themselves prevented them to give the title in the family cruiser category to the Dufour 37 (32). An awful boat. I am reading English and German yachting magazines since many decades so I am not surprised that Toby Hodges from Yachting World did not know about Linjett yachts. In England they know little more than Hallberg Rassy about Scandinavian yachts. Thankfully the German „Yacht“ gives us more insight into the small yards of Scandinavia. As far as the Linjett 39 is concerned, I agree that this boat is not fish nor bone. When turning away from the design line of their older boats they should have taken a more consequent way. Either follow the route of the modern performance cruiser or keep the old merits but give it a really timeless classic appearance. I agree, the Strahlmann designed Saare yachts are much closer to this ideal. The only thing that the Linjett 39 has copied from the ordinary production yacht are ugly big hull windows to low in the hull. The Linjett 39 has no doubt a lot of qualities and is a very good yacht, but she looks like a Bavaria from 2000 with big hull windows.
Hello Paulo, thank you for your frank analysis. As for the EYOTY award, I fully agree ... unfortunately it has become a big mess. As for the Luffe 39, you are being a bit harsh, IMO. E.g. you call it's design outdated, but you called the design of the Luffe 40.20 'gorgeous'. Ok, the Luffe has a different transom, it has a fixed 'nose', and the test boat you reported was painted in grey. But in terms of silhouette it's not too dissimilar to the Linjett. Anyhow, I'm looking forward to your comparison between Linjett and Saare and would like to suggest to also consider the Luffe in your upcoming article. Best, Markus
HI, you mean obviously not Luffe 39 but Linjett 39.
Regarding the Luffe I said :"The 40.20 looks gorgeous even if I find that a more modern bow would make it look better and improve the performance slightly, by increasing the LWL."
And in fact I hate those new Luffe "noses". Obviously on a classic boat it has to have a bowsprit J style, a retractable one. But there is a huge difference between the classic looks of Luffe and the Bavarish looks of Linjett. Luffe looks are much closer than a classic ideal than Linjertt. The transom design is a good example.
Hello Paulo, thank you for your comment ... I did mean the Linjett 39. Fully agree with you that for this type of boat a retractable bowsprit is the way to go. With respect to the stylistic differences between the boats you mentioned ... I'll continue to train my eyes and am looking forward to your upcoming analyses ... ;-) Have a great day, Markus
Hi Paulo, I absolutely agree with you, that the different divisions in the EYOTY are neither logical nor fair. The same goes for the ridicolously small amount of tested yachts. It might be a good idea to change the EYOTY to a biennal event. I also agree that using false and in relation to the hull length misleading numbers in yacht’s names for advertising should not be accepted, as it in my judgement violates the legal rulles for fair competition. Bur I don’t agree with you calling the Linjett 39 an outdated and ugjy design. I have seen the Linjett 39 in port and under sails at sea. Sure, this is often a matter off taste. The Linjett 39 was designed with the waters of the Baltic and especially the western and eastern archipelagos in mind. Modern bowshapes are not very practical for sailing in Scandinavia as far as - docking in harbours with bow ahead, - anchoring with the bow anchor, - mooring at a buoy, - mooring at a rock coast are concerned. Docking with the stern ahead like in the Med is a fairly high risk for the exposed rudders of modern yachts, as docksides often tend to be rather shallow. You also should reconsider your critics of the lacking bathing platform. I have twice rescued mobs over the transom ladder of my boat, and I can tell you, that I was happy not to have one of the modern bathing platforms, that could have crushed or hurt the mob in the prevailing rough seastate. Cockpit and interior are more seaworthy than on most “modern” yachts. With the moderate beam, the fine lines of bow and stern plus the good ballast ratio, without an unacceptable draught of more than 2,15 m, this is the yacht I would chose for a sailing tour in rough conditions in the Baltic. By the way, the Linjett has no weed catching t-keel but a bulbkeel. Last but not least, the design of cockpit, running rigging and interior is highly semi custom at Rosättra varft. So don’t solely judge by the single yacht that has been tested and was made according to owner’s wishes. Best regards Erich
Hi, Never said that the Linjett 39 was "ugly", I said: "in what regards design it is not clearly designed by a top interior designer, and the hull design and the looks are outdated in many aspects...Note that being outdated does not mean that it does not sail well, as well as a good 15-year-old design would sail. It means that if a top naval architect would have done that design, it would have improved it in several aspects, from the length of the LWL, to the keel efficiency, to the design of the aft sections and transom.....If you can get over the 15-year-old Bavaria looks, or even better, if you like them... the Linjett 39 is a great boat.......The true competition to the Linjet 39 comes from the Saare 41.2... (that) offers also an outdated look, a classic one, a thing that I cannot say about the Linjett look, that to me, is just outdated. I agree that it is a subtle difference. It has to do with semiotics and with a reading regarding yacht design and the shapes that better defined an era, and the best boats of that era.....Like anything regarding aesthetics, this is a personal opinion, that may differ from yours, but while I like the Saare 41.2 looks, I don't like the ones of Linjet 39".
As you can see I never said that the Linjett 39 is ugly and in what regards aesthetics, as I have pointed out, there is tastes for everything and obviously yours is different from mine.
In what regards boats that are designed in the baltic there are plenty of cruising sailboats with plumb bows, from the Arconas, to X-yacht, to CR-yacht or Hallberg Rassy. They all had in the past raked bows and have now plumb bows, as almost all contemporary designs, and for a good reason: increasing LWL.
Regarding the bathing platform I don't understand your point. A MOB can be crushed by a bathing platform as well as by a hull, and a bathing platform gives a much better place for several people to raise out of the water a MOB, specially if he is unconscious or hurt.
Finally in what regards the keel I said "kind of lead torpedo keel" meaning that is not really a torpedo keel, but that it has some similarities with them, being more efficient than a bulbed L keel. Several Torpedo keels have the torpedo starting at the point the fin reaches the torpedo and the torpedo starts there and goes back, a bit like in the Linjett.
What defines a torpedo keel and separates it from a bulbed keel, is that on a bulbed keel the ballast is situated in a kind of bulbous form, toward the deeper part of the keel while on a torpedo keel the ballast is situated lower, along a much more streamlined and longer shape, a bit like on the Linjeet.
Its a older designed (some would call classic) Nordic sailing yacht with a Swing Keel! How cool is that. Big fan of the Swing Keels, would love to see more yacht builders utilizing this other then the French performance/aluminum brands.
Btw as one of the most popular Boat reviewers on the net, you really need a Patreon.
They Lynjet 39 has not a swing keel. The Lynjet 43 has an option for a lifting keel, that is not the same thing that a swing keel because it does not swing, but lifts vertically.
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You call it outdated but remember, not all park aft to land in a city. Up here in the nordic, we go out in the nature - then, the "up-to-date" design is a PITA ;-)
ReplyDeleteMost boats in the Nordic sail in the Baltic, that is less populated then the Med, but semi-protected waters anyway, and the Linjett is a typical Baltic boat, made in the Baltic, where almost of of them sail.
ReplyDeleteTypically Nordic and British sailors are more conservative then French or Italian sailors and that is the only reason why Nordic sailors are slow to embrace new hull shapes and innovation, even when they were validated in sail competition (offshore and inshore), as having advantages over older ones.
Also, contrary to what happens elsewhere Nordic small brands, instead of contracting professional top naval architects to design their boats, tend to have them designed by the builders, in association with semi-professional boat designers, and that is another reason why the latest improvements in naval yacht design are not included in their designs.
But even Nordic sailors are being less conservative in what regards positive innovation and you can see that in brands like Hallberg-Rassy, X-yachts, Fabola yachts, and now Arcona.
I am glad, I am not the only one who felt that this years YOTY contest was some kind of bizar. This time it became really obvious that this event is not driven by journalistic means but by economic ones. Thankfully the last bit of honesty that the testers could find in themselves prevented them to give the title in the family cruiser category to the Dufour 37 (32). An awful boat.
ReplyDeleteI am reading English and German yachting magazines since many decades so I am not surprised that Toby Hodges from Yachting World did not know about Linjett yachts. In England they know little more than Hallberg Rassy about Scandinavian yachts. Thankfully the German „Yacht“ gives us more insight into the small yards of Scandinavia.
As far as the Linjett 39 is concerned, I agree that this boat is not fish nor bone. When turning away from the design line of their older boats they should have taken a more consequent way. Either follow the route of the modern performance cruiser or keep the old merits but give it a really timeless classic appearance. I agree, the Strahlmann designed Saare yachts are much closer to this ideal. The only thing that the Linjett 39 has copied from the ordinary production yacht are ugly big hull windows to low in the hull. The Linjett 39 has no doubt a lot of qualities and is a very good yacht, but she looks like a Bavaria from 2000 with big hull windows.
Hello Paulo, thank you for your frank analysis.
ReplyDeleteAs for the EYOTY award, I fully agree ... unfortunately it has become a big mess.
As for the Luffe 39, you are being a bit harsh, IMO. E.g. you call it's design outdated, but you called the design of the Luffe 40.20 'gorgeous'. Ok, the Luffe has a different transom, it has a fixed 'nose', and the test boat you reported was painted in grey. But in terms of silhouette it's not too dissimilar to the Linjett. Anyhow, I'm looking forward to your comparison between Linjett and Saare and would like to suggest to also consider the Luffe in your upcoming article.
Best,
Markus
HI, you mean obviously not Luffe 39 but Linjett 39.
DeleteRegarding the Luffe I said :"The 40.20 looks gorgeous even if I find that a more modern bow would make it look better and improve the performance slightly, by increasing the LWL."
And in fact I hate those new Luffe "noses". Obviously on a classic boat it has to have a bowsprit J style, a retractable one. But there is a huge difference between the classic looks of Luffe and the Bavarish looks of Linjett. Luffe looks are much closer than a classic ideal than Linjertt. The transom design is a good example.
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Hello Paulo, thank you for your comment ... I did mean the Linjett 39.
ReplyDeleteFully agree with you that for this type of boat a retractable bowsprit is the way to go.
With respect to the stylistic differences between the boats you mentioned ... I'll continue to train my eyes and am looking forward to your upcoming analyses ... ;-)
Have a great day,
Markus
Hi Paulo,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely agree with you, that the different divisions in the EYOTY are neither logical nor fair. The same goes for the ridicolously small amount of tested yachts. It might be a good idea to change the EYOTY to a biennal event.
I also agree that using false and in relation to the hull length misleading numbers in yacht’s names for advertising should not be accepted, as it in my judgement violates the legal rulles for fair competition.
Bur I don’t agree with you calling the Linjett 39 an outdated and ugjy design. I have seen the Linjett 39 in port and under sails at sea. Sure, this is often a matter off taste. The Linjett 39 was designed with the waters of the Baltic and especially the western and eastern archipelagos in mind. Modern bowshapes are not very practical for sailing in Scandinavia as far as
- docking in harbours with bow ahead,
- anchoring with the bow anchor,
- mooring at a buoy,
- mooring at a rock coast
are concerned.
Docking with the stern ahead like in the Med is a fairly high risk for the exposed rudders of modern yachts, as docksides often tend to be rather shallow.
You also should reconsider your critics of the lacking bathing platform. I have twice rescued mobs over the transom ladder of my boat, and I can tell you, that I was happy not to have one of the modern bathing platforms, that could have crushed or hurt the mob in the prevailing rough seastate.
Cockpit and interior are more seaworthy than on most “modern” yachts. With the moderate beam, the fine lines of bow and stern plus the good ballast ratio, without an unacceptable draught of more than 2,15 m, this is the yacht I would chose for a sailing tour in rough conditions in the Baltic. By the way, the Linjett has no weed catching t-keel but a bulbkeel.
Last but not least, the design of cockpit, running rigging and interior is highly semi custom at Rosättra varft. So don’t solely judge by the single yacht that has been tested and was made according to owner’s wishes.
Best regards
Erich
Hi,
DeleteNever said that the Linjett 39 was "ugly", I said: "in what regards design it is not clearly designed by a top interior designer, and the hull design and the looks are outdated in many aspects...Note that being outdated does not mean that it does not sail well, as well as a good 15-year-old design would sail. It means that if a top naval architect would have done that design, it would have improved it in several aspects, from the length of the LWL, to the keel efficiency, to the design of the aft sections and transom.....If you can get over the 15-year-old Bavaria looks, or even better, if you like them... the Linjett 39 is a great boat.......The true competition to the Linjet 39 comes from the Saare 41.2... (that) offers also an outdated look, a classic one, a thing that I cannot say about the Linjett look, that to me, is just outdated. I agree that it is a subtle difference. It has to do with semiotics and with a reading regarding yacht design and the shapes that better defined an era, and the best boats of that era.....Like anything regarding aesthetics, this is a personal opinion, that may differ from yours, but while I like the Saare 41.2 looks, I don't like the ones of Linjet 39".
As you can see I never said that the Linjett 39 is ugly and in what regards aesthetics, as I have pointed out, there is tastes for everything and obviously yours is different from mine.
In what regards boats that are designed in the baltic there are plenty of cruising sailboats with plumb bows, from the Arconas, to X-yacht, to CR-yacht or Hallberg Rassy. They all had in the past raked bows and have now plumb bows, as almost all contemporary designs, and for a good reason: increasing LWL.
Regarding the bathing platform I don't understand your point. A MOB can be crushed by a bathing platform as well as by a hull, and a bathing platform gives a much better place for several people to raise out of the water a MOB, specially if he is unconscious or hurt.
Finally in what regards the keel I said "kind of lead torpedo keel" meaning that is not really a torpedo keel, but that it has some similarities with them, being more efficient than a bulbed L keel. Several Torpedo keels have the torpedo starting at the point the fin reaches the torpedo and the torpedo starts there and goes back, a bit like in the Linjett.
What defines a torpedo keel and separates it from a bulbed keel, is that on a bulbed keel the ballast is situated in a kind of bulbous form, toward the deeper part of the keel while on a torpedo keel the ballast is situated lower, along a much more streamlined and longer shape, a bit like on the Linjeet.
Here an image with the Linjett keel.....and best regards to you, Erich.
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Its a older designed (some would call classic) Nordic sailing yacht with a Swing Keel! How cool is that. Big fan of the Swing Keels, would love to see more yacht builders utilizing this other then the French performance/aluminum brands.
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Hi Ethan
DeleteThey Lynjet 39 has not a swing keel. The Lynjet 43 has an option for a lifting keel, that is not the same thing that a swing keel because it does not swing, but lifts vertically.