Review of Centurion 35

Basic specs.

The Centurion 35 is a sailboat. The Centurion 35 is built by the French yard Wauquiez.

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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.

Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.05 - 2.15 meter (6.73 - 7.03 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Centurion 35 is about 275 kg/cm, alternatively 1541 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 275 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1541 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 Centurion 35 is 2.91.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 82% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly 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**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Jib sheet	10.9 m	(35.9 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet	10.9 m	(35.9 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet	27.3 m	(89.6 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	24.0 m	(78.9 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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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.