Review of Nord West 740

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.

Unknown keel type

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.75 - 0.85 meter (2.46 - 2.76 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Nord West 740 is about 137 kg/cm, alternatively 772 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 137 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 772 lbs cargo on the boat it will sink 1 inch.

What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?

The l/b ratio for Nord West 740 is 2.62.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 86% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly more spacy hull design.

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:

According to this definition this boat is not categorized as a Powerboat.
Though, if you install a motor of 57 kW (76 hp), then the boat will become a powerboat, and you will need a Danish 'powerboat driving license'

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[Ref 1]: ISO 8666 Small craft — Principal data.
[Ref 3]: ISO 12215-5 Small craft — Hull construction and scantlings.