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Review of Amica 44


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Amica 44 is a large sailboat designed by the German maritime architect H. Dieter Scharping.

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Hull
The hull is made of wood.
Some boats has a hull made of Aluminium.

Interior
The boat is equipped with 5-8 berths.

Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 2.00 - 2.10 meter (6.56 - 6.86 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

Amica 44 is typically equipped with a diesel engine at 30.0 kW (40 hp).


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 Amica 44 is 1.67, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - 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 Amica 44 is about 326 kg/cm, alternatively 1829 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 326 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1829 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 Amica 44 is 3.70.

Wide Slim 85% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 85% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more speedy hull design.


SA/D (Sail Area Displacement ratio)

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): 21.28


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
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 13.4 m(44.1 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet13.4 m(44.1 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 33.6 m(110.2 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet29.5 m(96.9 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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