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Review of Brise de Mer 37


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Brise de Mer 37 is a sailboat designed by the French maritime architect bureau Groupe Finot in the mid seventies.

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Hull
The hull is made of aluminium.

Keel

The boat can only enter major marinas as the draft is about 1.80 - 1.90 meter (5.91 - 6.21 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


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 Brise de Mer 37 is 1.99, 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 Brise de Mer 37 is about 278 kg/cm, alternatively 1560 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 278 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1560 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 Brise de Mer 37 is 3.07.

Slim Wide 69% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 69% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.


Ballast Ratio

What is a Ballast Ratio?

The ballast ratio for Brise de Mer 37 is 42%.

Low High 62% 0 50 100
This ballast ratio shows a righting moment that is higher than 62% of all similar sailboat designs. A righting moment (ability to resist heeling) just above average.


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 11.3 m(37.1 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Genoa sheet 11.3 m(37.1 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Mainsheet 28.2 m(92.7 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker sheet24.9 m(81.6 feet)14 mm(0.55 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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