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Review of Solaris One 54


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Solaris One 54 is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Javier Soto Acebal.

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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+2 berths and 700.0 liter fresh water capacity.


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 Solaris One 54 is 1.91, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


EU classification

Solaris One 54 holds a CE certification:

The boat is by European Union certified as Class A. OCEAN:
Designed for extended voyages where conditions may exceed wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights of 4 m and above but excluding abnormal conditions, and vessels largely self-sufficient.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Solaris One 54 is about 539 kg/cm, alternatively 3020 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 539 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 3020 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 Solaris One 54 is 3.42.

Slim Wide 69% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 69% 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 16.6 m(54.5 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet 16.6 m(54.5 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 41.5 m(136.2 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet36.5 m(119.8 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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