Review of Ranger 265
Basic specs.
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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 Ranger 265 is equipped with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a gennaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.
Bilge keel
The Ranger 265 is equipped with a bilge keel. A bilge keel is a double keel, which allows the boat to be beached. Bilge keels are the most popular keel for tidal waters.
The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.05 - 1.15 meter (3.44 - 3.74 ft) dependent on the load.
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Yanmar 1GM10 diesel engine at 9 hp (6 kW).
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.
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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.
The ballast ratio for Ranger 265 is 37%.
Maintenance
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 | ||
| Jib sheet | 8.5 m | (27.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 8.5 m | (27.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 21.2 m | (69.6 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 18.7 m | (61.2 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
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