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Review of Mariner 36


Basic specs.

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The Mariner 36 is a sailboat designed by the maritime architect Arthur Berry together with Eric White in the late seventies. The Mariner 36 is built by the American yard Mariner Yacht, New Hampshire.

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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 394.0 liter fresh water capacity.


Engine

The boat may be equipped with an inboard Universal diesel engine

The fuel tank has a capacity of 121.0 liters (31 US gallons, 26 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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Mariner 36 is 1.79, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - 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 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.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Mariner 36 is about 215 kg/cm, alternatively 1207 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 215 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1207 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 Mariner 36 is 3.13.

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 Mariner 36 is 278 which categorizes this boat among 'medium weight cruisers'.

Heavy Light 38% 0 50 100
38% 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 Mariner 36 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 14.7, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 17.8.

Low High 24% 0 50 100
The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 24% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.


Maintenance

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 31.0 m(101.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard31.0 m(101.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker halyard31.0 m(101.8 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Jib sheet 11.0 m(36.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet11.0 m(36.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 27.4 m(90.0 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet24.1 m(79.2 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Cunningham3.7 m(12.0 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Kickingstrap7.3 m(24.0 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)
Clew-outhaul7.3 m(24.0 feet)12 mm(1/2 inch)

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