Review of Coronet 44 Yacht

Coronet 44 Yacht.

Basic specs.

The Coronet 44 Yacht is a large motorboat designed by the Norwegian maritime architect Hans Bruun Bertelsen in the early seventies. Only a few boats have been produced. The Coronet 44 Yacht is built by the Danish yard Coronet.

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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 interior is like many other boats made of mahogany.
The boat is equipped with 4 cabins, 8 berths, a galley and toilet facility.

Keel

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.00 - 1.10 meter (3.28 - 3.58 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Engine

Coronet 44 Yacht is typically equipped with dual inboard Cummins V 8 diesel engines at 680.0 hp (506 kW).

The transmission is a shaft drive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 2000.0 liters (528 US gallons, 439 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.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Coronet 44 Yacht is about 402 kg/cm, alternatively 2252 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 402 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2252 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 Coronet 44 Yacht is 2.96.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 79% 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

Boat owner's ideas

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Finally

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References

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