Review of Hutting 54 Polaris
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of aluminium. Aluminum is strong and forgiving. Where an impact on a fiberglass hull will result in major gelcoat damage and possible cracking, an aluminum hull will probably only have a scratch or a small bend. The only concern is electrolysis. Ensure that you have proper sacrificial anodes installed. Finally, aluminium is not prone to osmosis.
The boat is equipped with 2 cabins and 4 berths.
The Hutting 54 Polaris is built with a masthead rig. The sail area for the mailsail + jib is 106.7 m2 (1,148.1 ft2). 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.
CentreBoard
The Hutting 54 Polaris is built with a centreboard keel. A centreboard keel is a pivoting lifting keel, allowing to sail both coastal and inland waters.
The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.49 - 1.59 meter (4.89 - 5.19 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.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Hutting 54 Polaris is 1.54, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Hutting 54 Polaris is about 535 kg/cm, alternatively 3000 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 535 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 3000 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.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Hutting 54 Polaris is 3.70.
The ballast ratio for Hutting 54 Polaris is 36%.
SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)
Indicates how fast the boat is in light wind:
- Cruising Boats have ratios 10-15
- Cruiser-Racers have ratios 16-20
- Racers have ratios above 20
- High-Performance Racers have ratios above 24
Sail-area/displacement ratio (SA/D ratio): 11.76
Maintenance
When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy.
The surface of the wet bottom is about 86m2 (925 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.
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 | 17.2 m | (56.4 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 17.2 m | (56.4 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 43.0 m | (141.1 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 37.8 m | (124.1 feet) | 16 mm | (5/8 inch) |
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