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Hello holovatz. If I may… you might want to go to the Puma 38s record page on our site (https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/puma-38-s), scroll to the bottom and select the New Topic link. That way anyone who goes to that record page but not the forum, might see that a topic has been created. We think it will increase your chances of connecting with other Puma 38s owners.
Just a thought.Here’s a good article which should help you some: https://www.sailmagazine.com/boats/comparing-design-ratios.
The CSF is the maximum beam divided by the cube root of the displacement in cubic feet; B/Displ ↑.333. The displacement in cubic feet can be found by dividing the displacement in pounds by 64.We only see one Van de Stadt design with an LOA of 7.89m and a beam of 2.5m. That’s the Caranan. Design #121. If this is a Caranan, then the stern and coach roof around the mast have been modified.
OMG, I do have Sailing Boats of the World! If you want to give us a heads-up on a boat not in our database, just send us the name and page number. We’ll take it from there.
Wow. Thanks for reaching out and sending the information. We have a number of books and brochures in our library but not Sailing Boats of the World by Rhonda Budd. That will be resolved soon as we have ordered a copy.
So you know, adding a record is not as straight forward as you might think. Numbers can vary book to book, year to year, even one builder’s brochure to the next. And as “psk” mentions, there is no copy right on names.
Also, we only include production boats, no one-offs (unless there is a very significant historical reason). We like to know that a minimum of 3-4 hulls were produced before we add a model.
We have been working on our database for the past 17 years, and counting, and believe we have one of the world’s largest at this point but we also know there are hundreds, maybe thousands, we have not included yet. But we’re trying !
Hi Jacob, No bother at all. The CR is really meant to compare boats of similar type and size (we should be clearer on that and will update the definition on our website). We don’t believe there are many people who will go on an ocean cruise in a Falmouth Cutter 22. But, if speed of motion is important, with a CR of 33.83, the 22 would be a nice boat to sail on a choppy day.
It’s not related to stability. It’s a formula created in 1988 to compare speed between boats of similar size. Generally, the higher the S# the lower the PHRF.
Hi. If you have not already done so, we’d recommend going into the Compare tab on Sailboatdata.com and then select Refine Search to narrow your parameters. To fine boats with adjustable keels, put a low number in the Draft Under box, leaving the Draft Over box empty. Something like 3 ft / 0.9m. That will pretty much default to adjustable keels.
Hi mmmodjo, Thanks for your suggestion. We are in the middle of a number of updates and improvements but adding something like SA/D to the search result line to allow sorting by that ratio is something we will look at (we do not believe there’s enough room to add all the calcs though).
It might be a while before we get to it but it is now on our list.
Hello Peter,
Is there another Europa in your area? Try contacting a rigger or sailmaker. They may know. What about a Squib? Our information indicates the Europa is essentially a Squib with a cabin. The rigs may be similar although this is an assumption you should check out to confirm. The Squib class has a large association (https://www.squibs.co.uk) in the UK. You might find some help there.Hello Barrie,
Thanks for letting us know about the Catfisher.
We don’t use information from For Sale ads as the specs can change from boat to boat. The good news is we have a builder’s brochure so we were able to add this model to our database.
You can find it here: https://sailboatdata.com/sailboat/catfisher-28-ms
Thanks again.
Bruce
