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Apologies for the delayed response. We now have the Sunbeam 29 and the C-yacht 1040 in our database. We already had the Hanse 345 which you can find here: https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/hanse-345.
Still working on the Bruce Robert’s Offshore 38. We don’t see it mentioned on Bruce Roberts’ site so we’ll have to find it another way (we don’t use specs from For Sale listings as they tend to vary too much).
Thanks for reaching out and letting us know about these boats!
Hello all,
To begin, please know we have input everyone of our ~8,800 boats into our database by hand. One boat at a time. We’ve been at it for almost 20 years now. We have not taken any other person’s work by scraping servers or accessing any other database. Trust us, we know how difficult and time consuming building a database like this can be.
That said… We have not set up API access to our database yet. It could happen later this year though. Full disclosure… our intension will be to charge for that access. If you have a specific project like a membership application for a club, you are of course, welcome to use the information on our site to manually build your database. If you want to save time and electronically auto-populate your application by accessing our servers, we do not think it unreasonable to ask for a small fee for easy access to, and retrieval of, our 20 years of work.
Something like creating a database of all boats with a SA/D between 18-21 (1,732 records including boats between 12’ to over 80’, built beginning in the late 1800’s through today), sounds more like a commercial use project to us. We are all for people starting businesses. But again, we feel it is reasonable to charge for access to information we have literally spent decades compiling. Especially if in doing so, that access makes your business better.
And don’t forget, there’s always the option of using Sailboatdata.com as a reference tool. You might like to know we are on the verge of launching a new updated site. Included will be the option to register and create a “Favorites” page, allowing users to save a specific group of boats for easy, personal access.
One last note, responding to a comment above, it is unlikely we will be adding information on how a keel is attached. Sorry. We do however, include ballast material on a record when we find it. If ballast material is not stated on a boat record, it’s because we did not find that information reported when we created the record.
Hope all this helps.
Thanks for your post. One small correction, the SA/D of 16.09 is based on the information we found on the rig measurements for the Ballad so it’s based on 100% fore triangle.
Some good news… We are VERY close to launching a new, upgraded site. Included will be a calculator where a user will be able to input changes in sail area (or displacement, ballast, etc.) to see how the changes effect the performance ratios.
This is not information readily available. That said, the first piece of information needed is the boat builder/model?
Hello, Sorry we missed your post. Please send any info you have on the Windrush 700. Best is to send it to: contact [at] SailboatData [dot] com
Thanks!Hello Jarv, We’ve added a record for the Swanson 28. We used the metric specs you reported. Based on the metric numbers, your conversion to imperial are not accurate in each case, effecting the performance ratios you have reported.
Are your specs documented somewhere (ex. builder’s brochure or owners manual)? If so, we’d love to see a copy.
Thanks for reaching out.
William Garden’s book “Yacht Designs” © 1998 by Tiller Publishing has several pages on the Porpoise. These include drawings and, while hard to read, sail dimensions.
That said, it is never a good idea to have sails made from dimensions found in a book. For best results, measure your boat’s rig yourself. Or, as psk125 suggests, contact a sailmaker.Hello Oliver, thanks for letting us know about the changes to the Impala 28. We have created a new record we’re calling the 28-2 (https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/impala-28-2-thomas) which incorporates the changes to the ballast, displacement and the addition of the inboard option.
Hello Don,
We have to do it. If the boat was in production (at least three hulls built), send us the specs with documentation (we do not use specs from For Sale ads). It could be a builder’s brochure, a page from an owner’s manual, a link to the the builder’s website, etc. and we’ll add it.
Our email is contact [at] SailboatData [dot] comWe do not have detailed plans. Have you tried https://ericsonyachts.org/ie/home/? They have lots of great information. Plus, joining the group might connect you with people who can help.
Well we are halfway there. We have a link on the site which opens the Forum in a new tab. To be honest, it never occurred to us to have a link from the Forum to the site. Ugh.
Good idea. It won’t be a quick fix but it will happen.
Thanks David.
Quick update:
I’ve added a note in the Hunter 22-2 record indicating it is a complete redesign of the 1981 H22 and now called the Marlow-Hunter 22.
I’ve also added a link to your new owner’s association.
Hope this helps.While what you are saying is accurate for 22’s built after 2012, here are our thoughts…
Marlow purchased Hunter Marine in 2012 and changed the company name to Marlow-Hunter at that time. The new version 22 was launched in 2010, two years before, and was simply called the Hunter 22. As we can not give two records the same name, we added the -2 designation to differentiate the new version form the original 22 launched in 1981.
Changing the name of records years after they are created is problematic as it will effect search engine results as well as bookmarks which will cease to work. For this reason we only do it when absolutely necessary.
As the original name of the 2010 model was Hunter 22, not Marlow-Hunter 22, we feel the best solution in this case is to leave the record as it is. We are confident, in doing so, anyone looking for this record will still be able to find it with minimal effort. We hope you agree.
Thanks for reaching out. We appreciate your input.
Kind regards.
