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Review of Storebro Royal Cruiser 395 Biscay


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Storebro Royal Cruiser 395 Biscay aka SRC 395 Biscay is a large motorboat designed by the German maritime architect W. H. Wilke in the late nineties. The Storebro Royal Cruiser 395 Biscay is built by the Swedish yard Storebro Bruks AB.

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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 2 cabins, a galley, toilet facility and 170.0 liter waste water capacity.

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

Storebro Royal Cruiser 395 Biscay is typically equipped with dual inboard diesel engines.

The transmission is a shaft drive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 1000.0 liters (264 US gallons, 219 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 Storebro Royal Cruiser 395 Biscay is about 303 kg/cm, alternatively 1701 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 303 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1701 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 Storebro Royal Cruiser 395 Biscay is 3.19.

Slim Wide 54% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 54% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly 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 not categorized as a Powerboat.
Though, if you install a motor of 147 kW (197 hp), then the boat will become a powerboat, and you will need a Danish 'powerboat driving license'


Maintenance

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