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Review of Blaze X


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Blaze X is a small sailing dinghy designed by the maritime architect Ian Howlett together with John Craig in the late nineties. The Blaze X is built by the British yard Topper International.

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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. 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 hull is a double hull.


Keel

CentreBoard

The Blaze X is equipped with a centreboard keel. A centreboard keel is a pivoting lifting keel, allowing to sail both coastal and inland waters.


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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Blaze X is about 42 kg/cm, alternatively 236 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 42 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 236 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 Blaze X is 2.80.

Wide Slim 69% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar dinghies it is slimmer than 69% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.


Maintenance

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Finally

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