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Review of Liljebåd


Liljebåd
Liljebåd. Århus til kerteminde styrmand Jørgen M. Ernst

Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Liljebåd is a small sailboat designed by the Swedish maritime architect Jac M. Iversen.

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Hull
The hull is made of plywood.

Interior
Note: the boat has also been sold to be self-made/-interiored, which means that the quality of each boat may vary.

Keel

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.04 - 1.14 meter (3.41 - 3.71 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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Liljebåd is about 89 kg/cm, alternatively 498 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 89 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 498 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 Liljebåd is 3.68.

Wide Slim 99% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 99% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more speedy hull design. This type of design is also referred to as 'needle'.


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 7.0 m(23.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet 7.0 m(23.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet 17.5 m(57.4 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet15.4 m(50.5 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

This section shown boat owner's changes, improvements, etc. Here you might find inspiration for your boat.

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Finally

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