Review of Marina 95 MS

Marina 95 MS anno 1979.

Basic specs.

The Marina 95 MS is a motorsailer designed by the maritime architect Åke Sandström in the mid seventies.

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Interior

Floor plan of Marina 95 MS. Layout of Ketch rigged Marina 95

The interior is like most other boats made of teak.
The boat is equipped with a galley and toilet facility.

Keel

The Marina 95 MS 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 even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.45 - 1.55 meter (4.76 - 5.06 ft) dependent on the load.

Engine

Marina 95 MS is typically equipped with an inboard Yanmar diesel engine at 24.0 hp (17 kW).

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 Marina 95 MS is 1.92, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.

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 Marina 95 MS is 3.01.

Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 66% 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 Marina 95 MS is 43%.

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.

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): 11.95

RSP (Relative Speed Performance)

What is Relative Speed Performance?

The Relative Speed Performance for Marina 95 MS is 21

The relative speed performance is 21 which means that a it is faster than 21% of all similar sailboat designs. As this boat is a motor sailer, it is expected that the performance of a motor sailer for sail alone is lower than a dedicated sailboat.

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**
Usage	Length		Diameter
Jib sheet	9.5 m	(31.2 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Genoa sheet	9.5 m	(31.2 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Mainsheet	23.8 m	(78.1 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	20.9 m	(68.7 feet)	12 mm	(1/2 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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References

[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.