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Review of Örnvik 490 Cabin


Basic specs.

sail specifications
The Örnvik 490 Cabin is a small motorboat. The Örnvik 490 Cabin is built by the Swedish yard AB Bröderna Börjesson.

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Hull

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.


Interior

The boat is equipped with one cabin and 2 berths.


Engine

The Örnvik 490 Cabin has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

The boat may be equipped with a Mercury engine at 9 hp (6 kW)..

Alternative 2:

Örnvik 490 Cabin may be equipped with an outboard Mariner EFI gasoline engine at 60 hp (44 kW).

The fuel tank has a capacity of 25.0 liters (6 US gallons, 5 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 Örnvik 490 Cabin is about 59 kg/cm, alternatively 333 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 59 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 333 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 Örnvik 490 Cabin is 2.59.

Wide Slim 76% 0 50 100
Compared with other similar motor boats it is slimmer than 76% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly 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:

Equation for Danish definition of a powerboat
Danish definition of a powerboat
According to this definition this boat is not categorized as a Powerboat.
Though, if you install a motor of 26 kW (34 hp), then the boat will become a powerboat, and you will need a Danish 'powerboat driving license'


Maintenance

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Finally

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