Review of Domp 740
Basic specs.
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The deck is made of steel.
The boat is equipped with 4 berths.
The Domp 740 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.
Unknown keel type
The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.20 - 1.30 meter (3.94 - 4.24 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Domp 740 may be equipped with a Yamaha 8A engine at 8 hp (5 kW)..
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 Domp 740 is 1.77, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Domp 740 is about 111 kg/cm, alternatively 624 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 111 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 624 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 L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Domp 740 is 3.29.
Maintenance
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 | ||
| Jib sheet | 7.4 m | (24.3 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 7.4 m | (24.3 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 18.5 m | (60.7 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 16.3 m | (53.4 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
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