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Maxi 95 Review

We are grateful to Yachting Monthly for permission to reproduce Yachting Monthly’s early review of the Maxi 95, circa 1977.  This is of historical significance because it shows that Pelle Petterson was selling the 95 based at Woolverstone on the River Orwell, near Harwich.

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MAXI 95 Detailed Review

If you are a boat enthusiast looking to get more information on specs, built, make, etc. of different boats, then here is a complete review of MAXI 95. Built by Börjesson Brothers and designed by Pelle Petterson, the boat was first built in 1974. It has a hull type of Fin with rudder on skeg and LOA is 9.5. Its sail area/displacement ratio 14.41. Its auxiliary power tank, manufactured by Volvo Penta, runs on Diesel.

MAXI 95 has retained its value as a result of superior building, a solid reputation, and a devoted owner base. Read on to find out more about MAXI 95 and decide if it is a fit for your boating needs.

Boat Information

Boat specifications, sail boat calculation, rig and sail specs, auxillary power tank, accomodations, contributions, who designed the maxi 95.

MAXI 95 was designed by Pelle Petterson.

Who builds MAXI 95?

MAXI 95 is built by Börjesson Brothers.

When was MAXI 95 first built?

MAXI 95 was first built in 1974.

How long is MAXI 95?

MAXI 95 is 7.8 m in length.

What is mast height on MAXI 95?

MAXI 95 has a mast height of 10.61 m.

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• Thread starter Wansworth
• Start date 8 Jan 2020

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Westerly Nomad,with a make over by Stephen Jones,especially underwater appendages and rudder!  

Bajansailor

The first boat that I thought of is the Red Fox - would she be sufficiently 'Jonesey'? (She was designed by David Thomas) SailboatData.com - RED FOX 200 Sailboat Here is an old (2002!) YBW thread asking about them - Trailer Sailors: Red Fox Or what about the smaller Hunters (the English ones, not the American) or Parkers?  

No I like the look of the Nomad but Stephen Jones could probably work wonders with some airfoil leadkeels and a properrudder instead of a plate steel one!  

You could get rid of all the current appendages, and fit two high aspect ratio aerofoil daggerboards like the Red Fox, and modify the transom a bit to have a kick-up high aspect foil rudder? SailboatData.com - NOMAD 22 (WESTERLY) Sailboat Some nice photos of a Nomad here - Westerly Nomad - NOT FOR SALE, details for information only  

Bajansailor said: You could get rid of all the current appendages, and fit two high aspect ratio aerofoil daggerboards like the Red Fox, and modify the transom a bit to have a kick-up high aspect foil rudder? SailboatData.com - NOMAD 22 (WESTERLY) Sailboat Some nice photos of a Nomad here - Westerly Nomad - NOT FOR SALE, details for information only Click to expand...

Some boats that could possibly meet OP's requirements. Limbo 6.6 Limbo 6.6 archive details - Yachtsnet Ltd. online UK yacht brokers - yacht brokerage and boat sales E-boat E-Boat Class Association Maxi 77/84/95 3 models. SailboatData.com - MAXI 77 Sailboat SailboatData.com - MAXI 84 Sailboat SailboatData.com - MAXI 95 Sailboat Nicholson 27 Nicholson 27 archive details - Yachtsnet Ltd. online UK yacht brokers - yacht brokerage and boat sales Listang 25 SailboatData.com - LISTANG Sailboat  

Wansworth said: No I like the look of the Nomad but Stephen Jones could probably work wonders with some airfoil leadkeels and a properrudder instead of a plate steel one! Click to expand...

The best small boat I had was a Westerly Cirrus. Designed by John Butler (I think), it was 22' with a fin keel of 3' 6", and handled like a 30-footer. It would outsail a Galleon 22 or a Hurley 22 and if the children hadn't outgrown the saloon table we'd have kept it for much longer than two years. With a 10hp Volvo, it could have taken us anywhere, but at least we learned a lot.  

Wansworth said: Westerly Nomad,with a make over by Stephen Jones,especially underwater appendages and rudder! Click to expand...

richardbrennan

I had a Westerly Tiger, the larger brother to the Cirrus at 25'. An excellent sailing boat and excellent accomodation for the length.  

• 10 Jan 2020

richardbrennan said: I had a Westerly Tiger, the larger brother to the Cirrus at 25'. An excellent sailing boat and excellent accomodation for the length. Click to expand...

My favourite (bought once in my 20s and again as a bit of fun on our 40ths) is the Westerly GK24. Sails beautifully and quickly - easily beating much larger boats and has a perfect flat working platform with no raised cabin top or side decks. Ours had an inboard engine which I much preferred to an outboard. The downside is a very low cabin - plenty of places you can sit up comfortably against a back rest but moving around you are very bent over. You get used to it very quickly. Double Vee berth forward slightly bigger than the 31 footer we got later. Separate hanging locker on one side and sea loo on the other between saloon and forecabin. Very wide saloon for a 24 footer round a table, and two dry and secure pilot berths (though we tended to use one as storage and have a Lee cloth on one of the settee berths). Loved it and over the years we sailed it between Lowestoft and La Rochelle, but mostly in the West Country. Sad to give it up 18 months ago but realised I was flying out to our bigger boat whenever I had spare time, so it was all routine maintenance for very little sailing.  

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Baggywrinkle said: Apologies if this is a nomad thread but a great small coastal cruiser is the Kingfisher 20+ ? ... spent many a damp summer cruising from the Clyde to Tobermory on my parents one in the late 70s (I was around 8 at the time and was the anchor winch) ... solid little boat with a neat swing-up inboard outboard and a proper loo - we were a family of 5 and we all fitted on board. It dried out nicely in Tobermory bay but never really made more than 3 knots over the ground. Bombproof though if you can find a good one. Click to expand...

The Kingfishers were designed by an aircraft engineer R Neirop(spelling) He was into solving structural problems with the new material,grp but the basic yacht design left much to be desired,if he could have worked with a n architect might of been better,probably his best boat was the 26 footer.  

• 11 Jan 2020

I know that Wansworth has a soft spot for Westerly 22's - here is a nice story about one of them. 'A friend in a field' The author of this Blog had sailed her across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and America in 1966 - here is the first part of his passage report about this adventure. 'Voyage to America': Young Tiger, part one And part II - 'Voyage to America': Young Tiger, part two With more discussion and some photos posted on Dan's thread about 'favourite boats that he hasn't tried' on page 10 - Favourite boats I haven't tried  

Bajansailor said: I know that Wansworth has a soft spot for Westerly 22's - here is a nice story about one of them. 'A friend in a field' The author of this Blog had sailed her across the Atlantic to the Caribbean and America in 1966 - here is the first part of his passage report about this adventure. 'Voyage to America': Young Tiger, part one And part II - 'Voyage to America': Young Tiger, part two With more discussion and some photos posted on Dan's thread about 'favourite boats that he hasn't tried' on page 10 - Favourite boats I haven't tried Click to expand...

• 21 Feb 2022

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If you i bile enough red wine a westerly Nomad makes sense???  

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The Maxi 77 is a 25.26ft masthead sloop designed by Pelle Petterson and built in fiberglass by Börjesson Brothers between 1972 and 1983.

3900 units have been built., it accomodates 5 people in 1 cabins plus salon..

The Maxi 77 is a light sailboat which is a reasonably good performer. It is very stable / stiff and has a low righting capability if capsized. It is best suited as a day-boat. The fuel capacity is originally very small.

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Maxi 999 is a 32 ′ 5 ″ / 9.9 m monohull sailboat designed by Pelle Petterson and built by Maxi Yachts between 1985 and 1991.

Rig and Sails

Auxilary power, accomodations, calculations.

The theoretical maximum speed that a displacement hull can move efficiently through the water is determined by it's waterline length and displacement. It may be unable to reach this speed if the boat is underpowered or heavily loaded, though it may exceed this speed given enough power. Read more.

Classic hull speed formula:

Hull Speed = 1.34 x √LWL

Max Speed/Length ratio = 8.26 ÷ Displacement/Length ratio .311 Hull Speed = Max Speed/Length ratio x √LWL

Sail Area / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the power of the sails relative to the weight of the boat. The higher the number, the higher the performance, but the harder the boat will be to handle. This ratio is a "non-dimensional" value that facilitates comparisons between boats of different types and sizes. Read more.

SA/D = SA ÷ (D ÷ 64) 2/3

• SA : Sail area in square feet, derived by adding the mainsail area to 100% of the foretriangle area (the lateral area above the deck between the mast and the forestay).
• D : Displacement in pounds.

Ballast / Displacement Ratio

A measure of the stability of a boat's hull that suggests how well a monohull will stand up to its sails. The ballast displacement ratio indicates how much of the weight of a boat is placed for maximum stability against capsizing and is an indicator of stiffness and resistance to capsize.

Ballast / Displacement * 100

Displacement / Length Ratio

A measure of the weight of the boat relative to it's length at the waterline. The higher a boat’s D/L ratio, the more easily it will carry a load and the more comfortable its motion will be. The lower a boat's ratio is, the less power it takes to drive the boat to its nominal hull speed or beyond. Read more.

D/L = (D ÷ 2240) ÷ (0.01 x LWL)³

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds.
• LWL: Waterline length in feet

Comfort Ratio

This ratio assess how quickly and abruptly a boat’s hull reacts to waves in a significant seaway, these being the elements of a boat’s motion most likely to cause seasickness. Read more.

Comfort ratio = D ÷ (.65 x (.7 LWL + .3 LOA) x Beam 1.33 )

• D: Displacement of the boat in pounds
• LOA: Length overall in feet
• Beam: Width of boat at the widest point in feet

Capsize Screening Formula

This formula attempts to indicate whether a given boat might be too wide and light to readily right itself after being overturned in extreme conditions. Read more.

CSV = Beam ÷ ³√(D / 64)

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