Review of Saga 315
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 boat is equipped with 260.0 liter fresh water capacity, toilet facility and 100.0 liter waste water capacity.
The boat may be equipped with an inboard engine
The transmission is a shaft drive. A shaft drive will in the long run require less maintenance than other types of drive e.g. a sail drive.
The fuel tank has a capacity of 420.0 liters (110 US gallons, 92 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.
Saga 315 holds a CE certification:
The boat is by European Union certified as Class B. OFFSHORE:The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level.
The immersion rate for Saga 315 is about 205 kg/cm, alternatively 1149 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 205 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm.
Alternatively, if you load 1149 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 Saga 315 is 2.90.
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
Though, if you install a motor of 91 kW (123 hp), then the boat will become a powerboat, and you will need a Danish 'powerboat driving license'
Maintenance
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