Review of Enterprise Marine 43 Fly

Basic specs.

The Enterprise Marine 43 Fly also known as EM43 is a large motorboat. The Enterprise Marine 43 Fly is built by the Italian yard Enterprise Marine.

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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 2 cabins, 4 berths and 480.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Engine

The Enterprise Marine 43 Fly has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

The boat may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta diesel engine

Alternative 2:

Enterprise Marine 43 Fly may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta diesel engines at 870 hp (648 kW). Cruise speed is 29.0 knots. Max speed is 32.0 knots.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 1260.0 liters (332 US gallons, 277 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 Enterprise Marine 43 Fly is about 389 kg/cm, alternatively 2178 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 389 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2178 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 Enterprise Marine 43 Fly is 3.26.

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 192 kW (257 hp), then the boat will become a powerboat, and you will need a Danish 'powerboat driving license'

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.