Review of Scanyacht 290

The hull 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 boat is equipped with 2 cabins, 5 berths, a galley, 140.0 liter fresh water capacity, toilet facility and 30.0 liter waste water capacity.

The Scanyacht 290 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.

Full keel

The Scanyacht 290 is equipped with a long keel. A full keel provide a better directional stability than a similar boat with a fin keel; on the other hand, better directional stability means also that the boat is more difficult to handle in a harbour with less space.

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 0.95 - 1.05 meter (3.12 - 3.42 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

The Scanyacht 290 has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

Scanyacht 290 may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta MD2020 diesel engine

Alternative 2:

The boat may be equipped with an inboard Bukh DV24ME diesel engine at 24 hp (17 kW). Calculated max speed is about 4.9 knots

The fuel tank has a capacity of 140.0 liters (36 US gallons, 30 imperial gallons).

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Scanyacht 290 is 1.57, 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 6.5 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 Scanyacht 290 is about 132 kg/cm, alternatively 743 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 132 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 743 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

The Motion Comfort Ratio for Scanyacht 290 is 41.0.

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Scanyacht 290 is 3.20.

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Scanyacht 290 is 451 which categorizes this boat among 'heavy cruisers'.

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 20m² (215 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.

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.

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