Review of Motiva 33
Basic specs.
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The deck is made of aluminium.
The boat is equipped with 5-6 berths, a galley, 120.0 liter fresh water capacity and toilet facility.
Note: the boat has also been sold to be self-made/-interiored, which means that the quality of each boat may vary.
The Motiva 33 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.
Fin keel
The Motiva 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.
Motiva 33 can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.70 - 1.80 meter (5.58 - 5.88 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Yanmar diesel engine at 15 hp (11 kW). The speed is 8.0 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, which is made of stainless steel, has a capacity of 50.0 liters (13 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 Motiva 33 is 1.74, 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 Motiva 33 is about 206 kg/cm, alternatively 1155 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 206 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1155 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 Motiva 33 is 3.31.
The ballast ratio for Motiva 33 is 33%.
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 | 10.1 m | (33.1 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 10.1 m | (33.1 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 25.2 m | (82.8 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 22.2 m | (72.9 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
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