Review of Jasmine 25

Jasmine 25.

Basic specs.

The Jasmine 25 is a small sailboat designed by the maritime architect Hannu Nurminen in the early seventies. The Jasmine 25 is built by the Finnish yard OY Nykra AB.

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Rig

The Jasmine 25 is equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.

Keel

Unknown keel type

The keel is made of lead. Compared with iron, lead has the advantage of being 44% heavier, which allows a smaller keel and hence less water resistance and higher speed.

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.40 - 1.50 meter (4.59 - 4.89 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Engine

The boat may be equipped with an inboard Vire 7 engine at 7 hp (5 kW). Calculated max speed is about 4.2 knots

Sailing characteristics

This section covers widely used rules of thumb to describe the sailing characteristics. Please note that even though the calculations are correct, the interpretation of the results might not be valid for extreme boats.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Jasmine 25 is 2.08, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 5.9 knots. The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster. The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Jasmine 25 is about 104 kg/cm, alternatively 585 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 104 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 585 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

Sailing statistics

This section is statistical comparison with similar boats of the same category. The basis of the following statistical computations is our unique database with more than 26,000 different boat types and 350,000 data points.

Motion Comfort Ratio

What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

The Motion Comfort Ratio for Jasmine 25 is 18.3.

Comparing this ratio with similar sailboats show that it is more comfortable than 54% of all similar sailboat designs. This comfort value is just above average.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Jasmine 25 is 2.93.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 58% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Jasmine 25 is 258 which categorizes this boat among 'light crusers & offshore racers'.

34% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A heavy displacement combined with smaller water plane area has lower acceleration and is more comfortable.

SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?

The SA/D for Jasmine 25 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 16.5, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 19.6.

The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 50% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.

RSP (Relative Speed Performance)

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Jasmine 25 is 46

The relative speed performance is 46 which means that a it is faster than 46% of all similar sailboat designs.

Maintenance

Bottom Paint

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 18m² (193 ft²).
Based on this, your favourite maritime shop can tell you the quantity you need.

Note: If you use a paint roller you will need more paint than if you use a paintbrush.

Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

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If you need to renew parts of your running rig and is not quite sure of the dimensions, you may find the estimates computed below useful.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	22.8 m	(74.8 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	22.8 m	(74.8 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	22.8 m	(74.8 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Jib sheet	7.6 m	(25.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	7.6 m	(25.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet	19.1 m	(62.5 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	16.8 m	(55.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Cunningham	2.8 m	(9.2 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Kickingstrap	5.6 m	(18.4 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)
Clew-outhaul	5.6 m	(18.4 feet)	8 mm	(5/16 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.