Review of Santa Cruz 52

Basic specs.

The Santa Cruz 52 is a large sailboat designed by the maritime architect Bill Lee.

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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.

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

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Yanmar diesel engine at 75.0 hp (55 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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Santa Cruz 52 is about 465 kg/cm, alternatively 2607 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 465 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2607 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.

L/B (Length Beam Ratio)

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Santa Cruz 52 is 3.76.

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.

Maintenance

Rig

Dimensions of sail for masthead rig.

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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
Mainsail halyard	47.4 m	(155.5 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib/genoa halyard	47.4 m	(155.5 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Spinnaker halyard	47.4 m	(155.5 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Jib sheet	16.2 m	(53.0 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Genoa sheet	16.2 m	(53.0 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Mainsheet	40.4 m	(132.5 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet	35.6 m	(116.6 feet)	16 mm	(5/8 inch)
Cunningham	6.4 m	(21.0 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Kickingstrap	12.8 m	(42.0 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)
Clew-outhaul	12.8 m	(42.0 feet)	14 mm	(0.55 inch)

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References

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