Review of Forbina 11000

Basic specs.

The Forbina 11000 is a motorboat designed by the maritime architect Göran Forsberg. The Forbina 11000 is built by Forbina-Yacht.

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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 interior is like most other boats made of teak. Teak has the advantage of being naturally very oily and therefore water-repellent, which is suitable on boats.
The boat is equipped with 2 cabins, 4 berths, a galley, 350.0 liter fresh water capacity, toilet facility and 100.0 liter waste water capacity.

Engine

The boat may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta KAD 42 engine at 230 hp (171 kW). The speed is 24.0 knots.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 600.0 liters (158 US gallons, 131 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 Forbina 11000 is about 288 kg/cm, alternatively 1617 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 288 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1617 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 Forbina 11000 is 2.91.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 79% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly 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.