Review of Maxus 33

Basic specs.

The Maxus 33 is a sailboat designed by the Polish maritime architect Jacka Daszkiewicza. The Maxus 33 is built by the Polish yard Northman.

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Hull

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.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 8 berths and a galley.
The headroom is above average

Rig

The boat equipped with a fractional rig. A fractional rig has smaller headsails which make tacking easier, which is an advantage for cruisers and racers, of course. The downside is that having the wind from behind often requires a genaker or a spinnaker for optimal speed.

Keel

The Maxus 33 is equipped with a centerboard keel. A centerboard keel is a pivoting lifting keel, allowing to sail both coastal and inland waters.

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 even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.50 - 0.60 meter (1.64 - 1.94 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Engine

Maxus 33 is typically equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta D1-20S diesel engine at 20.0 hp (14 kW).

The transmission is a saildrive.

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 Maxus 33 is 1.91, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

EU classification

Maxus 33 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 Maxus 33 is about 224 kg/cm, alternatively 1254 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 224 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1254 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 Maxus 33 is 3.11.

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.

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	9.9 m	(32.6 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet	9.9 m	(32.6 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet	24.9 m	(81.6 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	21.9 m	(71.8 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 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.