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Review of Oceanic 46 (Savage)


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Oceanic 46 (Savage) is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Jack Savage in the mid eighties. The Oceanic 46 (Savage) is built by Oceanic.

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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.


Rig

The Oceanic 46 (Savage) 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.


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 Oceanic 46 (Savage) is 1.59, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 8.1 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 Oceanic 46 (Savage) is about 291 kg/cm, alternatively 1632 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 291 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1632 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 Oceanic 46 (Savage) is 43.7.

Low High 86% 0 50 100
Comparing this ratio with similar sailboats show that it is more comfortable than 86% of all similar sailboat designs. This is a comfort value significantly above average.


L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Oceanic 46 (Savage) is 3.59.

Wide Slim 66% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 66% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.


D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Oceanic 46 (Savage) is 307 which categorizes this boat among 'medium weight cruisers'.

Heavy Light 21% 0 50 100
21% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A heavy displacement combined with smaller water plane area has lower acceleration and is more comfortable.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

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

The SA/D for Oceanic 46 (Savage) with ISO 8666 reference sail is 16.9, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 20.3.

Low High 24% 0 50 100
The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 24% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.


Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

mainsail specifications headsail specifications

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Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 38.6 m(126.8 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard38.6 m(126.8 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker halyard38.6 m(126.8 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Jib sheet 14.0 m(46.0 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet14.0 m(46.0 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 35.0 m(115.0 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet30.8 m(101.2 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Cunningham5.6 m(18.5 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Kickingstrap11.3 m(37.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Clew-outhaul11.3 m(37.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)

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