Review of Pabouk 360

Basic specs.

The Pabouk 360 is a small sailing dinghy designed by the maritime architect Antoine Carmichaël.

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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.

EU classification

Pabouk 360 holds a CE certification:

The boat is by European Union certified as Class D. SHELTERED WATERS:

Designed for voyages on sheltered coastal waters, small bays, small lakes, rivers and canals when conditions up to, and including, wind force 4 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights up to, and including, 0,3 m may be experienced, with occasional waves of 0,5 m maximum height, for example from passing vessels.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Pabouk 360 is about 41 kg/cm, alternatively 229 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 41 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 229 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 Pabouk 360 is 2.12.

Compared with other similar dinghies it is more spacy than 86% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.

Maintenance

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References

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