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Review of Saare 46


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Saare 46 is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Karl-Johan Stråhlmann.

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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.


Interior

The boat is equipped with 4 berths.


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 Saare 46 is 1.75, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Saare 46 is about 390 kg/cm, alternatively 2187 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 390 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2187 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 Saare 46 is 3.39.

Slim Wide 54% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


Maintenance

Rig

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.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 14.1 m(46.1 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet 14.1 m(46.1 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 35.1 m(115.2 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet30.9 m(101.4 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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