Review of Standfast 33
Basic specs.
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Both the hull and the deck is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
The deck is a sandwich construction which improves the indoor climate. Especially when the water is colder than the air in the cabin, then the double hull insulates against cold water and reduce the condense water in the cabin.
The interior is like many other boats made of mahogany. Mahogany belongs to the hardwood species, known for being water-repellent and resistant to decay. It has an attractive wood grain and holds wood polish and varnish well.
The boat is equipped with 2 cabins, 5 berths, a galley, 121.0 liter fresh water capacity and toilet facility.
Fin keel
The Standfast 33 is equipped with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.
The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.87 - 1.97 meter (6.14 - 6.44 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Standfast 33 may be equipped with an inboard Bukh diesel engine at 27 hp (20 kW). Calculated max speed is about 6.0 knots
The transmission is a shaft drive. A shaft drive will in the long run require less maintenance than other types of drive e.g. a sail drive.
The fuel tank has a capacity of 49.0 liters (12 US gallons, 10 imperial gallons).
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.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Standfast 33 is 1.92, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?
The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.7 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.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Standfast 33 is about 164 kg/cm, alternatively 921 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 164 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 921 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.
What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?
The Motion Comfort Ratio for Standfast 33 is 25.5.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Standfast 33 is 3.12.
The ballast ratio for Standfast 33 is 38%.
What is Displacement Length Ratio?
The DL-ratio for Standfast 33 is 296 which categorizes this boat among 'medium weight cruisers'.
What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?
The SA/D for Standfast 33 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 16.9, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 20.4.
Maintenance
When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy.
The surface of the wet bottom is about 29m2 (312 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.
Dimensions of sail.
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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.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Mainsail halyard | 30.8 m | (101.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 30.8 m | (101.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 30.8 m | (101.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 10.0 m | (32.8 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 10.0 m | (32.8 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 25.0 m | (82.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 22.0 m | (72.2 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Cunningham | 3.2 m | (10.5 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 6.4 m | (21.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 6.4 m | (21.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
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Updated interior with new cushions.
Updated front cabin with new cushions.
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