Review of Standfast 33

Standfast 33 anno 1979. FERNWEH in New London Connecticut

Basic specs.

The Standfast 33 is a sailboat designed by the Dutch maritime architect Frans Maas. The Standfast 33 is built by the Dutch yard Standfast Yachts.

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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.

Interior

Interior of Standfast 33 anno 1979. Photo showing the original upholster. Scroll down and have a look at the reupholstered interior at the photos at the bottom of this page.

Chart table of Standfast 33 anno 1979.

Galley of Standfast 33 anno 1979.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Bukh diesel engine at 27.0 hp (20 kW).

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.

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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.

Sorry, we do not have sufficient statistical information available for this boat to provide a significant reliable analysis.

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**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Mainsail halyard	30.8 m	(101.0 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	30.8 m	(101.0 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	30.8 m	(101.0 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)
Cunningham	3.2 m	(10.5 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)
Kickingstrap	6.4 m	(21.0 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)
Clew-outhaul	6.4 m	(21.0 feet)	6 mm	(1/4 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

This section shown boat owner's changes, improvements, etc. Here you might find inspiration for your boat.

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Photographer: David Brunner
Updated interior with new cushions.

Photographer: David Brunner
Updated front cabin with new cushions.

Finally

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References

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