Review of Méditerranée 50

Basic specs.

The Méditerranée 50 is a large motorboat designed by the Italian maritime architect bureau Andreani Design SAS. The Méditerranée 50 is built by the Italian yard Cranchi.

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Interior

The boat is equipped with 500.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Engine

The boat may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta TAMD 74P EDC diesel engines at 960 hp (715 kW).

The fuel tank has a capacity of 1600.0 liters (422 US gallons, 351 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 Méditerranée 50 is about 443 kg/cm, alternatively 2485 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 443 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 2485 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 Méditerranée 50 is 3.53.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is slimmer than 58% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a slightly more speedy 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

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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.