Review of Buccaneer 305

Basic specs.

The Buccaneer 305 is a sailboat designed in the late seventies.

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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.

Keel

The Buccaneer 305 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 boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.22 - 1.32 meter (4.00 - 4.30 ft) dependent on the load.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta MD11 diesel engine at 23.0 hp (17 kW), which gives a max speed about 5.8 knots.

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.

Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed

What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?

The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 6.9 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.

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.

Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Buccaneer 305 is 35%.

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.

D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)

What is Displacement Length Ratio?

The DL-ratio for Buccaneer 305 is 247 which categorizes this boat among 'light crusers & offshore racers'.

54% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier. A light displacement requires less sailarea and has higher accellerations.

SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

What is SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)?

The SA/D for Buccaneer 305 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 15.8, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 19.2.

The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 46% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.

Over- / underrigged

The Buccaneer 305 has more rig than 97% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that the boat is significantly overrigged.

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	26.1 m	(85.5 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	26.1 m	(85.5 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	26.1 m	(85.5 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Jib sheet	9.3 m	(30.5 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet	9.3 m	(30.5 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet	23.2 m	(76.3 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	20.5 m	(67.1 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Cunningham	3.4 m	(11.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Kickingstrap	6.7 m	(22.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)
Clew-outhaul	6.7 m	(22.0 feet)	10 mm	(3/8 inch)

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References

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