Review of Bayliner 2655 Ciera

Basic specs.

The Bayliner 2655 Ciera is a motorboat designed by the American maritime architect bureau US-Marine. The Bayliner 2655 Ciera is built by the American yard US-Marine.

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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 boat is equipped with 2 cabins, 5 berths, a galley, 102.0 liter fresh water capacity, toilet facility and 102.0 liter waste water capacity.

Engine

The Bayliner 2655 Ciera has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

The boat may be equipped with an inboard MerCruiser V8 engine at 270 hp (201 kW). The speed is 40.0 knots.

Alternative 2:

Bayliner 2655 Ciera may be equipped with an inboard MerCruiser gasoline engine at 265 hp (197 kW).

The fuel tank has a capacity of 265.0 liters (70 US gallons, 58 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 2655 Ciera is about 156 kg/cm, alternatively 874 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 156 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 874 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 2655 Ciera is 3.53.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is slimmer than 98% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more speedy hull design. This type of design is also referred to as 'needle'.

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.