SAMOURAI MK1
Masthead Sloop • Fin with rudder on skeg • Built 1968–1970
Dimensions
- LOA
- 24.28 ft
- LWL
- 19.03 ft
- Beam
- 7.87 ft
- Max Draft
- 3.94 ft
- Displacement
- 3,527 lbs
- Ballast
- 1,543 lbs
Performance Ratios
- Capsize Ratio ⓘ
- 2.07 (use caution offshore)
- SA/D Ratio ⓘ
- 17.4
- D/L Ratio ⓘ
- 228
- Ballast Ratio ⓘ
- 43.7%
Sail Plan
- Sail Area
- 252 sq ft
- I
- 29.53 ft
- J
- 9.19 ft
- P
- 26.25 ft
- E
- 8.86 ft
Construction
- Hull Type
- Fin with rudder on skeg
- Rig Type
- Masthead Sloop
- Hull Material
- FG
- Ballast Type
- Iron
Production
- First Built
- 1968
- Last Built
- 1970
- Number Built
- 800
Notes:
There are two types of Samouraïs, the MK1 (7m40) and the MK2 (7m60).
A MKI finished 3rd at the 1968 Int. 1/4 ton cup (RORC).
Of the 800 produced there were many variations.
Designer
Builders
- CNSO (Constructions Nautiques du Sud-Ouest) (1960–1982)
- New Japan Yacht Co. Ltd. (1969)