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Review of Olla 9


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Olla 9 is a motorsailer designed by the Danish maritime architect Gunnar Pedersen. Only a few boats have been produced.

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Hull
The hull is made of steel.

Interior
The boat is equipped with a galley and toilet facility.
Note: the boat has also been sold to be self-made/-interiored, which means that the quality of each boat may vary.

Engine

Olla 9 is typically equipped with an inboard Vetus diesel engine at 65.0 hp (48 kW).

The transmission is a shaft drive. A shaft drive will in the long run require less maintenence than other types of drive e.g. a sail drive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 150 liters (39 US gallons, 32 imperial gallons).


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 Olla 9 is 1.61, indicating that this boat could - if evaluated by this formula alone - be accepted to participate in ocean races.


Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Olla 9 is about 189 kg/cm, alternatively 1061 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 189 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1061 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 Olla 9 is 2.76.

Slim Wide 82% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar sailboats it is more spacy than 82% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.


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.



Guiding dimensions of running rig
UsageLengthDiameter
Jib sheet 8.8 m(29.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Genoa sheet 8.8 m(29.0 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Mainsheet 22.1 m(72.5 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)
Spinnaker sheet19.4 m(63.8 feet)10 mm(3/8 inch)

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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