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Review of Princess 34


Princess 34
Princess 34 anno 1998.

Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Princess 34 is a motorboat designed by the maritime architect Bernard Olesinski in the mid nineties.

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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 3 cabins, 6 berths, a galley and toilet facility.
The headroom is below average

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta KAD 42 DP diesel engines at 230.0 hp (171 kW).

The transmission is a Z-drive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 728.0 liters (192 US gallons, 160 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 Princess 34 is about 266 kg/cm, alternatively 1492 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 266 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1492 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 Princess 34 is 2.89.

Slim Wide 79% 0 50 100
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:

Equation for Danish definition of a powerboat
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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