Review of Coronet 26 SS

Coronet 26 SS anno 1985. Coronet 26 Silver Spur, der er en videreudvikling Coronet 26 Family Sport. Motorer: 2 stk Volvo Penta 145 B, Drev: Volvo Penta AQ 290.

Basic specs.

The Coronet 26 SS aka Coronet 26 Silver Spur is a motorboat designed by the maritime architect Vittorio Garroni in the mid eighties. The Coronet 26 SS is built by the Danish yard Coronet.

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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. 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 4 berths.

Engine

The boat may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta 145 B engines

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 Coronet 26 SS is about 155 kg/cm, alternatively 872 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 155 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 872 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 Coronet 26 SS is 2.93.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 58% 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 not categorized as a Powerboat.
Though, if you install a motor of 71 kW (95 hp), then the boat will become a powerboat, and you will need a Danish 'powerboat driving license'

Maintenance

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Finally

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References

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