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Review of Bonin 34


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Bonin 34 aka Bonin 36 is a sailboat designed by the Italian maritime architect Maurizio Cossutti together with Bonin also from Italy in the early 2000.

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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.
The hull is a double hull which improves the indoor climate. Especially when the water is colder than the air in the cabin, then the double hull insulates against cold water and reduce the condense water in the cabin.


Interior

The boat is equipped with 7 berths and 140.0 liter fresh water capacity.


Rig

The Bonin 34 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

Fin keel

The Bonin 34 is equipped with 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.


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 Bonin 34 is 2.20, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.


EU classification

Bonin 34 holds a CE certification:

The boat is by European Union certified as Class B. OFFSHORE:
Designed for offshore voyages where conditions up to, and including, wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights up to, and including, 4 m may be experienced.


Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.4 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.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Bonin 34 is about 226 kg/cm, alternatively 1269 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 226 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1269 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.

Motion Comfort Ratio

What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

The Motion Comfort Ratio for Bonin 34 is 18.1.

Low High 15% 0 50 100
Comparing this ratio with similar sailboats show that it is more comfortable than 15% of all similar sailboat designs. This is a comfort value significantly below average.


L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Bonin 34 is 2.77.

Slim Wide 85% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 85% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.


D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Bonin 34 is 150 which categorizes this boat among 'ultra light racers'.

Heavy Light 86% 0 50 100
86% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A light displacement requires less sailarea and has higher accellerations.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

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

The SA/D for Bonin 34 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 18.3, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 21.6.

Low High 73% 0 50 100
The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 73% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.


Maintenance

Bottom Paint

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 40m2 (430 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.


Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

mainsail specifications headsail specifications

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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.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 28.8 m(94.5 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard28.8 m(94.5 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker halyard28.8 m(94.5 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Jib sheet 10.0 m(32.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet10.0 m(32.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet 25.0 m(81.9 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet22.0 m(72.1 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Cunningham4.2 m(13.8 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Kickingstrap8.4 m(27.6 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Clew-outhaul8.4 m(27.6 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)

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