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Review of Sunbeam 34.2


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Sunbeam 34.2 is a sailboat designed by the maritime architect Georg Nissen. The Sunbeam 34.2 is built by the Austrian yard Schöchl Yachtbau GmbH.

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Hull

The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.


Interior

The boat is equipped with 4+2 berths and 290.0 liter fresh water capacity.


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 Sunbeam 34.2 is 1.83, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Sunbeam 34.2 is about 237 kg/cm, alternatively 1332 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 237 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1332 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.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Sunbeam 34.2 is 3.16.

Slim Wide 54% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)
Indicates how fast the boat is in light wind:
- Cruising Boats have ratios 10-15
- Cruiser-Racers have ratios 16-20
- Racers have ratios above 20
- High-Performance Racers have ratios above 24
Sail-area/displacement ratio (SA/D ratio): 18.78


Maintenance

Rig

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
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 10.6 m(34.8 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet10.6 m(34.8 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 26.5 m(86.9 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet23.3 m(76.5 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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