Review of Tanzer 10.5
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.
The boat is equipped with 3+2 berths, a galley and toilet facility.
The Tanzer 10.5 is built 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.
The Tanzer 10.5 has been built with different keel alternatives.
Fin keel
One option is 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 1.80 - 1.90 meter (5.91 - 6.21 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Swing keel
Another option is a swing keel. A swing keel is a pivoting lifting keel, allowing to sail both coastal and inland waters.
Tanzer 10.5 can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.63 - 0.73 meter (2.07 - 2.37 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Yanmar diesel engine at 30 hp (22 kW). Calculated max speed is about 5.9 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.
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 Tanzer 10.5 is 1.96, 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 7.0 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 Tanzer 10.5 is about 197 kg/cm, alternatively 1103 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 197 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1103 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 Tanzer 10.5 is 26.0.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Tanzer 10.5 is 2.99.
The ballast ratio for Tanzer 10.5 is 44%.
What is Displacement Length Ratio?
The DL-ratio for Tanzer 10.5 is 279 which categorizes this boat among 'medium weight cruisers'.
What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?
The SA/D for Tanzer 10.5 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 15.9, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 19.0.
Maintenance
When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy.
The surface of the wet bottom is about 33m2 (355 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 for masthead rig.
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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 | 30.1 m | (98.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 30.1 m | (98.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 30.1 m | (98.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 10.5 m | (34.4 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 10.5 m | (34.4 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 26.2 m | (86.0 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 23.1 m | (75.7 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Cunningham | 4.0 m | (13.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 7.9 m | (26.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 7.9 m | (26.0 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
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