Sail area from measured panels calculator

Calculate single polygon panel area and total sail area with your own figures.

Your numbers

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Use single polygon panel area and total sail area to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Sail panel vertices JSON [[x m,y m],...]
[[0,0],[4,0],[1,8]]
Identical panels
1
Single polygon panel area (m²)
16
Total sail area (m²)
16

Try another scenario

Sail panel vertices JSON [[x m,y m],...]
[[1,0],[4,0],[1,8]]
Identical panels
1
Single polygon panel area (m²)
12
Total sail area (m²)
12
Calculation method

Calculation method

Single polygon panel area (m²)

Shoelace polygon area, simple non-self-intersecting ordered vertices required.

Total sail area (m²)

Shoelace polygon area, simple non-self-intersecting ordered vertices required.

Symbols and units
a
Sail panel vertices JSON [[x m,y m],...]
b
Identical panels

Use the units shown. A list keeps the order in which you enter its values. The symbol ^ means “raised to the power of”.

Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • Planar measured simple polygon only; no aerodynamic shape, seam or stretch allowance. Supported limits: All required fields must be finite values of the exact declared type and within displayed bounds. Lists contain1–1000 finite numbers. JSON tables are numeric rectangular rows, at most100 rows and30 columns; individual tools have stricter shape/domain constraints. Planar measured simple polygon only; no aerodynamic shape, seam or stretch allowance.
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