Review of Tornado 38 Classic

Basic specs.

The Tornado 38 Classic is a motorboat designed by the Italian maritime architect Marscial together with Cichero also from Italy. The Tornado 38 Classic is built by the Italian yard Tornado.

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Interior

The boat is equipped with 350.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Engine

The boat may be equipped with dual inboard Yanmar Bravo I diesel engines at 840 hp (625 kW). Max speed is 52.0 knots.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 1200.0 liters (317 US gallons, 263 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 Tornado 38 Classic is about 285 kg/cm, alternatively 1599 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 285 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 1599 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 Tornado 38 Classic is 3.05.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 62% 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 categorized as a Powerboat.
Further, having a maximum speed of 52.0knots, the boat is categorized as a High Performance 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.