Review of Mako 215 Walkaround

Basic specs.

The Mako 215 Walkaround is a small motorboat designed in the mid 2000. The Mako 215 Walkaround is built by the American yard Mako Marine, Inc..

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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 berths and 34.0 liter fresh water capacity.

Engine

The Mako 215 Walkaround has been equipped with different engine alternatives.

Alternative 1:

The boat may be equipped with an outboard Mercury Optimax gasoline engine at 225 hp (167 kW).

Alternative 2:

Mako 215 Walkaround may be equipped with an outboard Mercury gasoline engine at 150 hp (111 kW).

The fuel tank has a capacity of 352.0 liters (92 US gallons, 77 imperial gallons).

Trailer

Mako 215 Walkaround on trailer. 2007 mako 215 cc. 2024 mercury 150 hp

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

Mako 215 Walkaround holds a CE certification:

If less than 8 in on board the boat is by European Union certified as Class C. INSHORE:

Designed for voyages in coastal waters, large bays, estuaries, lakes and rivers where conditions up to, and including, wind force 6 (Beaufort scale) and significant wave heights up to, and including, 2 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 Mako 215 Walkaround is about 113 kg/cm, alternatively 634 lbs/inch.
Meaning: if you load 113 kg cargo on the boat then it will sink 1 cm. Alternatively, if you load 634 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 Mako 215 Walkaround is 2.52.

Compared with other similar motor boats it is more spacy than 82% 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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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.