Review of Regal Ambassador 233

Basic specs.

The Regal Ambassador 233 is a motorboat designed by the American maritime architect bureau Regal Marine Inc..

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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. And outside the sailing season, just bottom cleaning and perhaps anti-fouling painting once a year - a few hours of work, that's all.

Interior

The interior is like nearly all boats made of wood.
The boat is equipped with 2 cabins, 4 berths, a galley, toilet facility and 57.0 liter waste water capacity.

Keel

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.80 - 0.90 meter (2.62 - 2.92 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Engine

Regal Ambassador 233 is typically equipped with an inboard MerCruiser 5.8L V8 engine at 260.0 hp (193 kW).

The fuel tank has a capacity of 220.0 liters (58 US gallons, 48 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 Regal Ambassador 233 is about 140 kg/cm, alternatively 784 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 140 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 784 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 Regal Ambassador 233 is 2.98.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is slimmer than 58% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy 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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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.