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Review of Skaw 26




Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Skaw 26 is a sailboat designed by the Swedish maritime architect Carl Erik Ohlson together with Einar Ohlson also from Sweden.

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Rig

The Skaw 26 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.


Keel

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The keel is made of iron. Many people prefer lead keel in favour of iron. The main argument is that lead is much heavier than iron and a lead keel can therefore be made smaller which again result in less wet surface, i.e. less drag. In fact iron is quite heavy, just 30% less heavy than lead, so the advantage of a lead keel is often overstated.

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.20 - 1.30 meter (3.94 - 4.24 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Skaw 26 is 1.75, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Skaw 26 is about 122 kg/cm, alternatively 685 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 122 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 685 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 Skaw 26 is 3.40.

Wide Slim 92% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 92% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more speedy hull design. This type of design is also referred to as 'needle'.


Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Skaw 26 is 50%.

Low High 88% 0 50 100
This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 88% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) significantly above average.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?

The SA/D for Skaw 26 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 15.5, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 18.1.

Low High 42% 0 50 100
The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 42% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.


Over- / underrigged

Low High 54% 0 50 100
The Skaw 26 has more rig than 54% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is slightly overrigged.


RSP (Relative Speed Performance)

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Skaw 26 is 12

Slow Fast 12% 0 50 100
The relative speed performance is 12 which means that a it is faster than 12% of all similar sailboat designs.


Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

mainsail specifications genoa specifications spinnaker specifications

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Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 21.3 m(69.9 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard21.3 m(69.9 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Spinnaker halyard21.3 m(69.9 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Jib sheet 7.9 m(25.9 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet7.9 m(25.9 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet 19.7 m(64.6 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet17.3 m(56.9 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Cunningham3.6 m(11.9 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Kickingstrap7.2 m(23.8 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Clew-outhaul7.2 m(23.8 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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