Review of Arabesque 32

Both the hull and the deck 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 boat equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.

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 1.58 - 1.68 meter (5.18 - 5.48 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Arabesque 32 is 2.04, 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 Arabesque 32 is about 206 kg/cm, alternatively 1155 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 206 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1155 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Arabesque 32 is 3.09.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 58% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Arabesque 32 is 45%.

This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 69% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) just above average.

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

The SA/D for Arabesque 32 with ISO 8666 reference sail is 15.1, with a 135% genua the SA/D is 18.2.

The SA/D ratio indicates that it is faster than 31% of all similar sailboat designs in light wind.

The Arabesque 32 has more rig than 50% of all similar sailboats, which indicates that this rig is spot on average!

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Arabesque 32 is 34

The relative speed performance is 34 which means that a it is faster than 34% of all similar sailboat designs.

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

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