Review of Chris-Craft 26 Cruiser
Basic specs.
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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.
The interior is like few other boats made in fibreglass.
The boat is equipped with a galley, 152.0 liter fresh water capacity, toilet facility and 49.0 liter waste water capacity.
The boat is typically equipped with an inboard Volvo Penta 5.7 engine at 250 hp (186 kW). The speed is 42.0 knots.
The transmission is a Z-drive.
The fuel tank has a capacity of 326.0 liters (86 US gallons, 71 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.
The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Chris-Craft 26 Cruiser is about 135 kg/cm, alternatively 759 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 135 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 759 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.
What is L/B (Length Beam Ratio)?
The l/b ratio for Chris-Craft 26 Cruiser is 3.02.
Curiosities
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
Maintenance
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