Review of Sea Ray 595 Sundancer

Basic specs.

The Sea Ray 595 Sundancer is a large motorboat. The Sea Ray 595 Sundancer is built by the American yard Sea Ray.

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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.

Engine

The boat is typically equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta TAMD 122P EDC T-VD diesel engines at 1168.0 hp (870 kW).

The fuel tank has a capacity of 2271.0 liters (599 US gallons, 499 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 Sea Ray 595 Sundancer is about 542 kg/cm, alternatively 3036 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 542 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 3036 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 Sea Ray 595 Sundancer is 3.44.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 62% 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:

Danish definition of a powerboat

According to this definition this boat is categorized as a Powerboat.

Maintenance

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References

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