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Review of Bayliner 2556 Ciera


Bayliner 2556 Ciera
Bayliner 2556 Ciera anno 1988. Bayliner 2556

Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Bayliner 2556 Ciera is a small motorboat designed by the American maritime architect bureau US-Marine. The Bayliner 2556 Ciera is built by the American yard Bayliner.

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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.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with an inboard MerCruiser engine at 260.0 hp (193 kW).

The fuel tank has a capacity of 385.0 liters (101 US gallons, 84 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 Bayliner 2556 Ciera is about 148 kg/cm, alternatively 829 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 148 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 829 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 Bayliner 2556 Ciera is 2.63.

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Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 90% 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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