Review of Huisman 33

Huisman 33.

Basic specs.

The Huisman 33 is a sailboat designed by the Dutch maritime architect E. G. van de Stadt. The Huisman 33 is built by Royal Huisman Shipyard B.V..

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Hull

The hull is made of aluminium.

Interior

Floor plan of Huisman 33.

The boat is equipped with 7 berths.

Rig

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.

Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.90 - 2.00 meter (6.23 - 6.53 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Engine

Huisman 33 is typically equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta engine.

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 Huisman 33 is 2.15, indicating that this boat would not be accepted to participate in ocean races.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Huisman 33 is about 221 kg/cm, alternatively 1238 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 221 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1238 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 Huisman 33 is 3.03.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 66% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly 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	10.0 m	(32.8 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet	10.0 m	(32.8 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet	25.0 m	(82.0 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	22.0 m	(72.2 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.