Review of Cranchi Perla 25

Basic specs.

The Cranchi Perla 25 is a motorboat. The Cranchi Perla 25 is built by the Italian yard Cranchi.

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Hull

Both the hull and the deck 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, 2+2 berths, a galley, 60.0 liter fresh water capacity and toilet facility.

Cockpit

Cockpit of Cranchi Perla 25 anno 1997.

Engine

The Cranchi Perla 25 has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

The boat may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta TAMD 22SX diesel engines at 220 hp (163 kW). Cruise speed is 17.0 knots. Max speed is 22.0 knots.

The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.

Alternative 2:

Cranchi Perla 25 may be equipped with dual inboard Volvo Penta 4,3 Gi gasoline engines at 400 hp (298 kW).

The transmission is a Z-drive aka sterndrive.

The fuel tank has a capacity of 340.0 liters (89 US gallons, 74 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.

EU classification

Cranchi Perla 25 holds a CE certification:

If less than 7 in on board the boat is by European Union certified as Class B. OFFSHORE:

Designed for offshore voyages where conditions up to, and including, wind force 8 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights up to, and including, 4 m may be experienced.

Immersion rate

The immersion rate is defined as the weight required to sink the boat a certain level. The immersion rate for Cranchi Perla 25 is about 154 kg/cm, alternatively 866 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 154 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 866 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 Cranchi Perla 25 is 2.55.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 93% of all other designs. It seems that the designer has chosen a significantly 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.

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.