Review of Piewiet 1100
Basic specs.
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The boat is equipped with 2 cabins, 4+3 berths, a galley and toilet facility.
The headroom is above average
The Piewiet 1100 is equipped with a fin keel. The fin keel is the most common keel and provides splendid manoeuvrability. The downside is that it has less directional stability than a long keel.
The boat can enter most marinas as the draft is just about 1.70 - 1.80 meter (5.58 - 5.88 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Piewiet 1100 is typically equipped with an inboard Yanmar 3GM30 diesel engine at 27.0 hp (20 kW).
The transmission is a saildrive.
The fuel tank which is made of stainless steel has a capacity of 90.0 liters (23 US gallons, 19 imperial gallons).
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.
What is Capsize Screening Formula (CSF)?
The capsize screening value for Piewiet 1100 is 2.00, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - 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 Piewiet 1100 is about 257 kg/cm, alternatively 1444 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 257 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1444 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.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Piewiet 1100 is 3.14.
The ballast ratio for Piewiet 1100 is 45%.
SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)
Indicates how fast the boat is in light wind:
- Cruising Boats have ratios 10-15
- Cruiser-Racers have ratios 16-20
- Racers have ratios above 20
- High-Performance Racers have ratios above 24
Sail-area/displacement ratio (SA/D ratio): 20.88
Maintenance
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.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Jib sheet | 11.0 m | (36.1 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 11.0 m | (36.1 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 27.5 m | (90.2 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 24.2 m | (79.4 feet) | 14 mm | (0.55 inch) |
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