How to define the sails for a ship of high performance

[Jeandupont]

How to define the Sails for a ship of high performance of 5 meters whose the total weight of the sailing ship 300 kg ? and had it accommodated on board at the most 3 people in the total of 240 kg more?

[Jeandupont]

How many square meters of sails do I need for me to plane a sailing ship of high performance with 600 kg of total weight with peoples on board?

[gggGuest]

Its really more about how large sails can you hold up in the weather you will commonly be sailing in. There is a lot in Bethwaite in this sort of area.

[Richard Hillsid]

It depends on the force.


The force of the wind
The force of the drag

How many square meters of sails do I need for me to plane a sailing ship of high performance with 600 kg of total weight with peoples on board?

[Jeandupont]

Type about 15 knots for example

[Doug Lord]

I've used the figure of 500 sq. ft.(46.4 sq. m) /per metric ton(2200lb.) for the power required to plane- I think I found it in Marchaj a long time ago. There is a formula: Displacement in lb.'s divided by( LWL waterplane area in sq.ft. times waterline length in feet) which gives a figure that should provide some degree of planing up to 1.5 (I14 about 1.22)-with enough power. From Sailing Yacht Design by Douglas Phillips-Birt.
Pierre Gutelle in "Design of Sailing Yachts" has a whole chapter on planing.
This site is invaluable for all the statistics it provides on high performance boats in the range you're looking at:
Comparison(downwind-has links to upwind comparisons)
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Good luck and do as much research as possible.

[Jeandupont]

Thank you Doug, through of that site I will have
a good reference and with that I will apply in my project .