Review of Rinker 340 Fiesta Vee

Basic specs.

The Rinker 340 Fiesta Vee is a motorboat designed in the early 2000. The Rinker 340 Fiesta Vee is built by the American yard Rinker.

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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.

Interior

The boat is equipped with 6 berths and 193.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.89 - 0.99 meter (2.92 - 3.22 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

Engine

Rinker 340 Fiesta Vee may be equipped with an inboard MerCruiser 5.7L Bravo II engine at 250 hp (186 kW).

The fuel tank has a capacity of 757.0 liters (199 US gallons, 166 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 Rinker 340 Fiesta Vee is about 269 kg/cm, alternatively 1509 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 269 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1509 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 Rinker 340 Fiesta Vee is 3.00.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 66% 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.