Review of Saga 24
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of hand laid fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of hand laid fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
The boat is equipped with 4 berths, a galley, 140.0 liter fresh water capacity and toilet facility.
Full keel
The Saga 24 is equipped with a long keel. A full keel provide a better directional stability than a similar boat with a fin keel; on the other hand, better directional stability means also that the boat is more difficult to handle in a harbour with less space.
The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.90 - 1.00 meter (2.95 - 3.25 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
The Saga 24 has been equipped with different engine alternatives.
Alternative 1:
Saga 24 may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta engine
The transmission is a shaft drive. A shaft drive will in the long run require less maintenance than other types of drive e.g. a sail drive.
Alternative 2:
The boat may be equipped with an inboard Bukh DV20 diesel engine at 20 hp (14 kW).
The transmission is a shaft drive. A shaft drive will in the long run require less maintenance than other types of drive e.g. a sail drive.
The fuel tank has a capacity of 250.0 liters (66 US gallons, 54 imperial gallons).
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 Saga 24 is 1.89, 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 Saga 24 is about 128 kg/cm, alternatively 718 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 128 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 718 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 Saga 24 is 2.75.
The ballast ratio for Saga 24 is 21%.
Maintenance
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 | 7.2 m | (23.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 7.2 m | (23.8 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 18.1 m | (59.5 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 16.0 m | (52.3 feet) | 10 mm | (3/8 inch) |
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