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Review of Conrad 66 ALU


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Conrad 66 ALU is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Julius Strawinski.

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Hull
The hull 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.

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 Conrad 66 ALU 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 Conrad 66 ALU is about 818 kg/cm, alternatively 4583 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 818 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 4583 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 Conrad 66 ALU is 3.33.


Sorry, we do not have sufficient statistical information available for this boat to provide a significant reliable analysis.

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 20.2 m(66.1 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet 20.2 m(66.1 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet 50.4 m(165.4 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet44.4 m(145.5 feet)16 mm(5/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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