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Review of Creekmore 22


Basic specs.

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The Creekmore 22 is a small sailboat designed by the maritime architect Lee Creekmore.

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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. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.


Keel

The Creekmore 22 has been built with different keel alternatives.

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The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.40 - 1.50 meter (4.59 - 4.89 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

CentreBoard

The Creekmore 22 is equipped with a centreboard keel. A centreboard keel is a pivoting lifting keel, allowing to sail both coastal and inland waters.

The boat can sail close to the beach as the draft is just 0.37 - 0.47 meter (1.21 - 1.51 ft) dependent of the load. See immersion rate below.


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 Creekmore 22 is 2.28, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 5.5 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.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Creekmore 22 is about 85 kg/cm, alternatively 476 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 85 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 476 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.

Motion Comfort Ratio

What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?

The Motion Comfort Ratio for Creekmore 22 is 14.4.

Low High 50% 0 50 100
Comparing this ratio with similar sailboats show that it is more comfortable than 50% of all similar sailboat designs. This is an average comfort value!


L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Creekmore 22 is 2.75.

Slim Wide 62% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 62% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Creekmore 22 is 248 which categorizes this boat among 'light crusers & offshore racers'.

Heavy Light 27% 0 50 100
27% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A heavy displacement combined with smaller water plane area has lower acceleration and is more comfortable.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?

The SA/D for Creekmore 22 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 27.8, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 33.1.

Low High 98% 0 50 100
The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 98% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.


Over- / underrigged

Low High 100% 0 50 100
The Creekmore 22 has more rig than 100% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is significantly overrigged.


Maintenance

Bottom Paint

When buying anti-fouling bottom paint, it's nice to know how much to buy. The surface of the wet bottom is about 15m2 (161 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.


Rig

Dimensions of sail.

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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
Mainsail halyard 25.1 m(82.5 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard25.1 m(82.5 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Spinnaker halyard25.1 m(82.5 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Jib sheet 6.7 m(22.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet6.7 m(22.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet 16.8 m(55.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet14.8 m(48.4 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Cunningham3.0 m(10.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Kickingstrap6.1 m(20.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)
Clew-outhaul6.1 m(20.0 feet)8 mm(5/16 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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