Review of Dingo 9.50

Basic specs.

The Dingo 9.50 is a sailboat designed by the maritime architect Pierre Rolland together with Pierre Delion from France.

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Interior

The boat is equipped with 4 berths.
The headroom is above average

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.

Stability and Safety

What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?

The capsize screening value for Dingo 9.50 is 2.68, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

EU classification

Dingo 9.50 holds one CE certification:

The boat is by European Union certified as Class B. OFFSHORE:

Designed for offshore voyages where conditions up to, and including, wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights up to, and including, 4 m may be experienced.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Dingo 9.50 is about 235 kg/cm, alternatively 1318 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 235 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1318 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 Dingo 9.50 is 2.57.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 93% 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	9.5 m	(31.2 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet	9.5 m	(31.2 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet	23.8 m	(77.9 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	20.9 m	(68.6 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 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.