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Review of Maestro 35


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Maestro 35 aka Finn 35 is a sailboat designed by the maritime architect Eivind Still together with MY Team in the mid eighties. The Maestro 35 is built by the Finnish yard Marin Form.

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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.
The hull is a double hull 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.


Interior

The boat is equipped with 6 berths and a galley.


Rig

The Maestro 35 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.


Keel

Fin keel

The Maestro 35 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 boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.10 - 2.20 meter (6.89 - 7.19 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

Maestro 35 may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta diesel engine


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 Maestro 35 is 1.96, 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 Maestro 35 is about 252 kg/cm, alternatively 1411 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 252 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1411 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 Maestro 35 is 3.07.

Slim Wide 66% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 66% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Maestro 35 is 44%.

Low High 73% 0 50 100
This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 73% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) just above average.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

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

The SA/D for Maestro 35 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 16.1, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 19.3.

Low High 42% 0 50 100
The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 42% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.


Over- / underrigged

Low High 38% 0 50 100
The Maestro 35 has more rig than 38% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is slightly underrigged.


RSP (Relative Speed Performance)

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Maestro 35 is 46

Slow Fast 46% 0 50 100
The relative speed performance is 46 which means that a it is faster than 46% of all similar sailboat designs.


Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

mainsail specifications genoa specifications spinnaker specifications

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Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Mainsail halyard 32.0 m(105.2 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard32.0 m(105.2 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker halyard32.0 m(105.2 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib sheet 10.8 m(35.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet10.8 m(35.3 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 26.9 m(88.2 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet23.7 m(77.6 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Cunningham3.7 m(12.1 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Kickingstrap7.4 m(24.3 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Clew-outhaul7.4 m(24.3 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)

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