Where does it belong?

[jimboaw]

in the pantheon of boat designs. I think its a heavy offshore cruiser and thats what I bought it for but I have never bothered to look at the figures. That was the case with all my previous boats. Hillyard 8 tonner, Nich 36 and Fjord 33MS.I bought them because I thought they "looked right"
Unfortunately, my current boat is of a limited production so the magazines are not a source of the numbers. Maybe someone on the board can do the arithmatic for me and tell me I got it right or wrong! These are the only figures I have.
LOA 12,13
LWL 9.9
Beam 4.0
draft 1.72
Disp 9600 Kg(half load)
ballast 3650Kg
Main 286 sq f
100% F.T 350 sq ft.

 

[Chris_Stannard]

There is an American site, whose address I do not remember, where you can calculate what your boat is. The length on the waterline seems rather low compare with a modern design, my boat is 37 feet (11.3 metres) overall and 32 feet on the waterline. It weighs in at about 8500 with half fuel and water, and has a ballast ratio of 38%. The beam is 3.6 metres, so on that basis I guess you are right, your boat stacks up as a cruiser. A racer/cruiser would be much lighter.

Chris Stannard

 

[LadyInBed]

Re: Is this the site?

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.image-ination.com/sailcalc.html> Sail Calc </A>

 

[FlyingSpud]

All sorts of calcs on <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.sailingusa.info/design_winds.htm>http://www.sailingusa.info/design_winds.htm</A>

 

[jimboaw]

Thanks Guys, had fun entering the numbers and finding out I was nearly right. She's just under being a "heavy" cruiser but not by much!