Review of Eol 30
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. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
Unfortunately, the hull is not a double hull which affects the indoor climate. Especially if the water is considerable colder than the cabin, then one might expect condense water in the cabin.
The deck is a double deck which improves the indoor climate.
The boat is equipped with one cabin, 6 berths, a galley, 250.0 liter fresh water capacity and toilet facility.
The Eol 30 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 Eol 30 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 most marinas as the draft is just about 1.50 - 1.60 meter (4.92 - 5.22 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
The Eol 30 has been equipped with different engine alternatives.
Alternative 1:
Eol 30 may be equipped with an inboard Yanmar YSB 8 diesel engine at 8 hp (5 kW). Calculated max speed is about 4.0 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.
Alternative 2:
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Yanmar diesel engine at 12 hp (8 kW). Calculated max speed is about 4.9 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.
The fuel tank, which is made of , 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 Eol 30 is 2.16, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.
Eol 30 holds a CE certification:
The boat is by European Union certified as Class A. OCEAN:What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?
The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.7 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 Eol 30 is about 162 kg/cm, alternatively 910 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 162 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 910 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 Eol 30 is 18.7.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Eol 30 is 2.60.
The ballast ratio for Eol 30 is 40%.
What is Displacement Length Ratio?
The DL-ratio for Eol 30 is 195 which categorizes this boat among 'light racers'.
What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?
The SA/D for Eol 30 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 14.4, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 17.5.
It is expected that motor sailers has a low SA/D value as this is the natural consequence of combining sailing and motor characteristics.
What is Relative Speed Performance?
The Relative Speed Performance for Eol 30 is 24
Maintenance
When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy.
The surface of the wet bottom is about 27m2 (290 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 | 24.9 m | (81.8 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
| Jib/genoa halyard | 24.9 m | (81.8 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
| Spinnaker halyard | 24.9 m | (81.8 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
| Jib sheet | 8.2 m | (26.9 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 8.2 m | (26.9 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 20.5 m | (67.3 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 18.0 m | (59.2 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Cunningham | 2.5 m | (8.2 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
| Kickingstrap | 5.0 m | (16.4 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
| Clew-outhaul | 5.0 m | (16.4 feet) | 8 mm | (5/16 inch) |
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