Review of Windy 36 Grand Mistral

Basic specs.

The Windy 36 Grand Mistral is a motorboat designed by the maritime architect Hans Jørgen Johnsen. The Windy 36 Grand Mistral is built by the Norwegian yard Windy Boats AS.

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Hull

Both the hull and the deck is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 5-6 berths and 220.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.81 - 0.91 meter (2.66 - 2.96 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Engine

The Windy 36 Grand Mistral has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

Windy 36 Grand Mistral may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta KAD 42P DP 230 CV diesel engines at 230 hp (171 kW). Max speed is 30.0 knots.

Alternative 2:

The boat may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta KAD 42 diesel engine at 200 hp (149 kW).

Alternative 3:

The boat may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta KAD diesel engines at 432 hp (321 kW). The speed is 42.0 knots.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 700.0 liters (184 US gallons, 153 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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Windy 36 Grand Mistral is about 253 kg/cm, alternatively 1420 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 253 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1420 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 Windy 36 Grand Mistral is 3.09.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

Curiosities

Powerboat?

In Denmark, you are required to have achieved a 'powerboat driving license' in order to sail a powerboat.
In this context a boat is considered a powerboat if:

Danish definition of a powerboat

According to this definition this boat is categorized as a Powerboat.

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.