Useful Stats

[danm1]

I've done some boat shopping (real and virtual) over the years and now I am avoiding work by thinking about buying accessories for my new old boat. Unfortunately, I keep coming up with questions such as how long is the cockpit, what is the freeboard, what is the length/width of the vee berth or quarter berth, etc. My boat is on the hard under plastic two hours away, so I can't measure until Spring and none of these vital statistics seem to be in a database anywhere.
I am interested today in the freeboard (waterline to gunwale) of a Hunter 34 so I can buy a ladder. I will be happy to measure everything and post when I get a chance. In the meantime, does someone know, or know of a useful database?

 

[markwbird]

sailboatdata.com will have some of the standard specs but not everything you are talking about. I am afraid you are going to have to take a trip and measure some stuff. Consider calling in sick.

 

[Skipper]

The drawings are to scale. Including the waterline. The full scale specs are on sailboatdata, etc.
Print the drawing. If it is 1 foot tall on paper, and (example) 50 feet tall in spec, then you have your scale: 1/50.
Then use the drawing to measure freeboard, v-berth etc.
If it must be a very precise measurement then of course do in person.

 

[SFS]

Dan, once you have your measurements, remember that the more steps the ladder has below the surface of the water, the easier it will be to use.

 

[jssailem]

Rather than driving to your boat 2 hours away, is there a H34 in the water somewhere close to you? Walk the docks with a tape measure and a smile. Someone will let you measure their stuff.

Or maybe call out the local SWAT saying their is a pervert walking the docks with a tape measure.

 

[danm1]

Tried the measurements from sailboatdata, thanks, using the reported lengths for J and I, etc., and came out with an approximate scale showing the freeboard alongside the cockpit as about 41 inches. It is probably close and sufficient for current needs, but I will be interested to measure the actual distance. Meanwhile, I still think it would be useful to have these numbers (which I see from searching are commonly asked about-particularly cockpit length) in the boat info sections or a separate database.

 

[Ron20324]

Is it erroneous to think the stanchions are 24 inches?

 

[danm1]

using my rough scale, 21 inch stanchions, but I would not take it to the bank. This is another of those stats that should be available for all boats somewhere on the site.

 

[capta]

As most small sailboat (in your size range) ladders probably use either a 3, 4 or 5 step ladder, why not ask owners of boats comparable to yours how many steps their ladders are? Unless you are having a custom one built, you really don't have a whole lot of choice, as I think the space between steps is pretty standard.

 

[kloudie1]

We just use the stern "swimladder"

 

[Brian D]

What I usually do is import the image of the boat into Visio. I think use a 1:1 scale and rescale the boat. The measurements are pretty close. Usually within a few inches. Plus it is fun to do.

 

[Brian D]

I calculated 3' 6" from the waterline to the toe rail at the first stanchion. I am now curious to know what the freeboard is.