Review of Danboat 24

Basic specs.

The Danboat 24 is a sailboat designed by the maritime architect K. Tholstrup-Hansen in the late sixties.

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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.
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 toilet facility.

Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.41 - 1.51 meter (4.63 - 4.93 ft) dependent on the load.

Engine

Danboat 24 is typically equipped with an inboard Vire 7 engine at 7 hp (5 kW).

The transmission is a saildrive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 25.0 liters (6 US gallons, 5 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 Danboat 24 is 1.87, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

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 Danboat 24 is 3.12.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 69% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Danboat 24 is 32%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 21% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) significantly below average.

RSP (Relative Speed Performance)

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Danboat 24 is 4

The relative speed performance is 4 which means that a it is faster than 4% of all similar sailboat designs.

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**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Jib sheet	7.4 m	(24.3 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	7.4 m	(24.3 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet	18.6 m	(60.9 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	16.3 m	(53.6 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.