Review of Furia 32

Basic specs.

The Furia 32 is a sailboat designed by the French maritime architect Michel Joubert. The Furia 32 is built by Dresport.

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Rig

The Furia 32 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 Furia 32 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 1.91 - 2.01 meter (6.27 - 6.57 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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Furia 32 is about 210 kg/cm, alternatively 1180 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 210 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1180 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 Furia 32 is 3.03.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 66% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Furia 32 is 38%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 34% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) just below average.

Over- / underrigged

The Furia 32 has more rig than 62% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is slightly overrigged.

Maintenance

Rig

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.

**Guiding dimensions of running rig**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	28.8 m	(94.5 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	28.8 m	(94.5 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	28.8 m	(94.5 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Jib sheet	9.8 m	(32.1 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet	9.8 m	(32.1 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet	24.4 m	(80.1 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	21.5 m	(70.5 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Cunningham	3.3 m	(10.8 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Kickingstrap	6.6 m	(21.7 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Clew-outhaul	6.6 m	(21.7 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.