Review of Barracuda 580

Basic specs.

The Barracuda 580 aka Joker 580 Barracuda is a rib. The Barracuda 580 is built by the Italian yard Joker Boat S.r.l..

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Interior

The boat is equipped with 60.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Engine

The boat may be equipped with an outboard diesel engine at 130 hp (96 kW).

The fuel tank has a capacity of 120.0 liters (31 US gallons, 26 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

Barracuda 580 holds a CE certification:

If less than 10 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.

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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 Barracuda 580 is 2.32.

Compared with other similar RIBs it is more spacy than 66% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more spacy hull design.

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.