Review of Wellcraft Scarab 22
Basic specs.
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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.
The boat is equipped with 3 berths.
Unknown keel type
The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.97 - 1.07 meter (3.18 - 3.48 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.
Wellcraft Scarab 22 may be equipped with an inboard MerCruiser 7.4L engine at 330 hp (245 kW). The speed is 72.0 knots.
The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.
The fuel tank has a capacity of 205.0 liters (54 US gallons, 45 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.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Wellcraft Scarab 22 is about 110 kg/cm, alternatively 617 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 110 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 617 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.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Wellcraft Scarab 22 is 2.76.
Curiosities
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
Maintenance
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