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Review of Scampi 34


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Scampi 34 is a sailboat designed by the Swedish maritime architect Peter Norlin in the early seventies.

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Interior

The interior is like most other boats made of teak. Teak has the advantage of being naturally very oily and therefore water-repellent, which is suitable on boats.
The boat is equipped with a galley.


Keel

Unknown keel type

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.


Engine

Scampi 34 may be equipped with an inboard Farymann engine


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 Scampi 34 is 1.95, 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 Scampi 34 is about 227 kg/cm, alternatively 1275 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 227 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1275 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 Scampi 34 is 3.12.

Slim Wide 58% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 58% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


Maintenance

Rig

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
Jib sheet 10.3 m(33.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet10.3 m(33.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet 25.8 m(84.5 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet22.7 m(74.3 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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