Review of Askeladden 705 Voyager

Basic specs.

The Askeladden 705 Voyager is a small motorboat. The Askeladden 705 Voyager is built by the Norwegian yard Askeladden Boats AS.

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Hull

Both the hull and the deck 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 a galley, 56.0 liter fresh water capacity, toilet facility and 40.0 liter waste water capacity.

Engine

The Askeladden 705 Voyager has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

The boat may be equipped with a Mercury Marine gasoline engine at 220 hp (163 kW)..

Alternative 2:

Askeladden 705 Voyager may be equipped with an inboard MerCruiser 350 MAG engine

Alternative 3:

The boat may be equipped with an inboard Cummins diesel engine at 230 hp (171 kW). Cruise speed is 24.0 knots. Max speed is 30.0 knots.

The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 260.0 liters (68 US gallons, 57 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.

EU classification

Askeladden 705 Voyager holds a CE certification:

If less than 8 in on board the boat is by European Union certified as Class C. INSHORE:

Designed for voyages in coastal waters, large bays, estuaries, lakes and rivers where conditions up to, and including, wind force 6 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights up to, and including, 2 m may be experienced.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Askeladden 705 Voyager is about 125 kg/cm, alternatively 703 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 125 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 703 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 Askeladden 705 Voyager is 2.67.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 76% 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:

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.