Review of Ancora Lighting 40

Basic specs.

The Ancora Lighting 40 is a large motorboat. The Ancora Lighting 40 is built by the German yard Ancora Werft GmbH.

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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.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 2-4 berths, a galley and toilet facility.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with dual engines at 514.0 kW (688 hp).

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 Ancora Lighting 40 is about 332 kg/cm, alternatively 1861 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 332 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1861 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 Ancora Lighting 40 is 2.95.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 76% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.

Curiosities

Powerboat?

In Denmark, you are required to have achieved a 'powerboat driving license' in order to sail a powerboat.
In this context a boat is considered a powerboat if:

Danish definition of a powerboat

According to this definition this boat is categorized as a Powerboat.

Maintenance

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References

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