L 32.
Basic specs.
The L 32 aka Laurin 32 is a sailboat designed by the Swedish maritime architect Arvid Laurin in the mid sixties. Several hundred boats have been produced. The L 32 is built by the Swedish yard Malmö Flygindustri.
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Hull
The hull is made of fibreglass. Generally, a hull made of fibreglass requires only a minimum of maintenance during the sailing season. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.
The hull is a double hull which improves the indoor climate. Especially when the water is colder than the air in the cabin, then the double hull insulates against cold water and reduce the condense water in the cabin.
Interior
The boat is equipped with 5 berths.
Note: the boat has also been sold to be self-made/-interiored, which means that the quality of each boat may vary.
Rig
The boat equipped with a masthead rig. The advantage of a masthead rig is its simplicity and the fact that a given sail area - compared with a fractional rig - can be carried lower and thus with less heeling moment.
Engine
L 32 is typically equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta MD2 diesel engine at 16.0hp (11kW), which gives a max speed about 4.8 knots.
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 L 32 is 1.70, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.
Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed
What is Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed?
The theoretical maximal speed of a displacement boat of this length is 7.2 knots.The term "Theoretical Maximum Hull Speed" is widely used even though a boat can sail faster.The term shall be interpreted as above the theoretical speed a great additional power is necessary for a small gain in speed.
Immersion rate
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.The immersion rate for L 32 is about 172 kg/cm, alternatively 963 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 172 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.Alternatively, if you load 963 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.
Motion Comfort Ratio
What is Motion Comfort Ratio (MCR)?
The Motion Comfort Ratio for L 32 is 28.2.
Comparing this ratio with similar sailboats show that it is more comfortable than 73% of all similar sailboat designs.This comfort value is just above average.
L/B (Length Beam Ratio)
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for L 32 is 3.41.
Compared with other similar sailboats it is slimmer than 69% of all other designs.It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy hull design.
D/L (Displacement Length Ratio)
What is Displacement Length Ratio?
The DL-ratio for L 32 is 196 which categorizes this boat among 'light racers'.
73% of all similar sailboat designs are categorized as heavier.A light displacement requires less sailarea and has higher accellerations.
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): 16.66
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.
| Usage | Length | Diameter | ||
| Jib sheet | 9.8 m | (32.2 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Genoa sheet | 9.8 m | (32.2 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Mainsheet | 24.5 m | (80.5 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
| Spinnaker sheet | 21.6 m | (70.8 feet) | 12 mm | (1/2 inch) |
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