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Review of Princess 56


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Princess 56 is a large motorboat designed in the early 2010.

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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 592.0 liter fresh water capacity.


Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 1.14 - 1.24 meter (3.74 - 4.04 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

The Princess 56 has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

Princess 56 may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta D13-800 diesel engines at 800 hp (596 kW). Max speed is 33.0 knots.

Alternative 2:

The boat may be equipped with dual inboard Caterpillar C12A diesel engines at 715 hp (532 kW). Max speed is 29.0 knots.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 2650.0 liters (700 US gallons, 582 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 Princess 56 is about 577 kg/cm, alternatively 3234 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 577 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 3234 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 Princess 56 is 3.68.

Wide Slim 66% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar motor boats it is slimmer than 66% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy 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:

Equation for Danish definition of a powerboat
Danish definition of a powerboat
According to this definition this boat is categorized as a Powerboat.


Maintenance

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Finally

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