Review of Blue Dane 32

The hull is made of hand laid fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of hand laid 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.

The interior is like many other boats made of mahogany.
The boat is equipped with 2 cabins, 6 berths, a galley and toilet facility.

The Blue Dane 32 is equipped with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.

The keel is made of lead. Compared with iron, lead has the advantage of being 44% heavier, which allows a smaller keel and hence less water resistance and higher speed.

The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.70 - 1.80 meter (5.58 - 5.88 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Blue Dane 32 is typically equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta MD2030 diesel engine.

The transmission is a shaft drive. A shaft drive will in the long run require less maintenence than other types of drive e.g. a sail drive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 50 liters (13 US gallons, 10 imperial gallons).

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Blue Dane 32 is 2.03, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Blue Dane 32 is about 193 kg/cm, alternatively 1082 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 193 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1082 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Blue Dane 32 is 3.19.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Blue Dane 32 is 41%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 50% of all similar sailboat designs. This righting moment (ability to resist heeling) is spot on average!

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Blue Dane 32 is 46

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

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.

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