Review of Malö 36
Basic specs.
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The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.
The hull is a sandwich construction which improves the indoor climate. Especially when the water is colder than the air in the cabin, then the double hull insulates against cold water and reduce the condense water in the cabin. The core material in the sandwich construction is balsa.
The interior is like many other boats made of mahogany. Mahogany belongs to the hardwood species, known for being water-repellent and resistant to decay. It has an attractive wood grain and holds wood polish and varnish well.
The boat is equipped with 3 cabins, 7 berths, a galley, 325.0 liter fresh water capacity, toilet facility and 50.0 liter waste water capacity.
The Malö 36 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.
Fin keel
The Malö 36 is equipped with a fin keel. A boat with a fin keel is more manoeuvrable but has less directional stability than a similar boat with a full keel.
The keel is made of lead. Compared with iron, lead has the advantage of being 44% heavier, which allows a smaller keel and hence less water resistance and higher speed.
The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.75 - 1.85 meter (5.74 - 6.04 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Malö 36 may be equipped with an inboard Yanmar diesel engine at 47 hp (35 kW). Calculated max speed is about 6.9 knots
The fuel tank has a capacity of 225.0 liters (59 US gallons, 49 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 Malö 36 is 1.79, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
Malö 36 holds a CE certification:
The boat is by European Union certified as Class A. OCEAN:What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?
The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.3 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.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Malö 36 is about 213 kg/cm, alternatively 1194 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 213 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1194 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 Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?
The Motion Comfort Ratio for Malö 36 is 30.8.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Malö 36 is 3.26.
The ballast ratio for Malö 36 is 41%.
What is Displacement Length Ratio?
The DL-ratio for Malö 36 is 272 which categorizes this boat among 'light crusers & offshore racers'.
Maintenance
As balsa wood is used as sandwich core material special care must be taken in relation to work that require penetration of the sandwich construction in order to to prevent water to get in contact with the balsa wood. Otherwise the balsa wood will eventually rotten and be expensive/impossible to repair.
When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy.
The surface of the wet bottom is about 36m2 (387 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 | 11.3 m | (37.2 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 11.3 m | (37.2 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 28.4 m | (93.1 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 25.0 m | (81.9 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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