Review of Bella 26 Falcon Fantino

Basic specs.

The Bella 26 Falcon Fantino is a motorboat. The Bella 26 Falcon Fantino is built by the Finnish yard Bella Boat.

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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 70.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Engine

The Bella 26 Falcon Fantino has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

The boat may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta AD41/DP diesel engine at 200 hp (149 kW). Cruise speed is 18.0 knots. Max speed is 31.0 knots.

The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.

Alternative 2:

Bella 26 Falcon Fantino may be equipped with an inboard MerCruiser QSD diesel engine at 200 hp (149 kW). Cruise speed is 15.0 knots. Max speed is 27.0 knots.

The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 250.0 liters (66 US gallons, 54 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.

EU classification

Bella 26 Falcon Fantino holds a CE certification:

The boat is by European Union certified as Class C. INSHORE:

Designed for voyages in coastal waters, large bays, estuaries, lakes and rivers where conditions up to, and including, wind force 6 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights up to, and including, 2 m may be experienced.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Bella 26 Falcon Fantino is about 142 kg/cm, alternatively 796 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 142 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 796 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 Bella 26 Falcon Fantino is 2.85.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 50% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen an average 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

Boat owner's ideas

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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.