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Review of Fjord 650


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Fjord 650 is a small motorboat designed in the late sixties. The Fjord 650 is built by the Norwegian yard Fjord Boats.

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Hull

Both the hull and the deck 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, a galley and toilet facility.


Keel

Unknown keel type

The boat can enter even shallow marinas as the draft is just about 0.70 - 0.80 meter (2.30 - 2.60 ft) dependent on the load. See immersion rate below.


Engine

Fjord 650 may be equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta engine at 145 hp (108 kW). Max speed is 25.0 knots.

The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.

The fuel tank, which is made of aluminium, has a capacity of 190.0 liters (50 US gallons, 41 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 Fjord 650 is about 108 kg/cm, alternatively 608 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 108 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 608 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 Fjord 650 is 2.60.

Slim Wide 69% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 69% 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:

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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