Fjord 490 sport

Name: Fjord 490 sport
Brand: Fjord

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FJORD 490 sport exterior — HanseYachts AG

Summary

Motor MonohullInboard DieselCE B

Length overall: 48.2 ft
Beam: 15 ft
Maximum speed: —
Cruising speed: —
Range: —

* A standard reference image, not the actual boat — shown to help visualise this model's published dimensions.

Best Suited For

Coastal Cruising
From the published figures: CE Category B · LOA 14.7 m

Tags are derived from certified class, length, sail area, accommodation and tankage using the criteria described on the Sources page; an editor may add or remove one.

Speed, Power & Tanks

What the builder publishes about how fast, how strong and how much the boat carries.

Power to weight

Total engine power per tonne of published displacement — more means livelier acceleration for the hull. Drawn for motor yachts.

not published: engine count, displacement

Tanks

Fuel and water on one scale: a tank twice the height holds twice as much.

Fuel793 gal
Water103 gal

Design Category

Certified CE design category B (Offshore): the wind and waves the EU Recreational Craft Directive says this boat is designed to take.

D
Sheltered waters
Wind
up to Beaufort 4
Waves
up to 0.3 m
C
Inshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 6
Waves
up to 2 m
BThis boat
Offshore
Wind
up to Beaufort 8
Waves
up to 4 m
A
Ocean
Wind
above Beaufort 8
Waves
above 4 m

Design limits set by the EU Recreational Craft Directive (2013/53/EU), in significant wave height. A category covers the conditions of those below it. It is the limit the boat was designed to, not a promise that it is safe in any conditions within it — that judgement stays with the skipper.

Show the builders' own words

A figure marked with a quote mark was read from the builder's page. Open it for the exact line, the page and the date.

Dimensions

LOA: 48.2 ft (14.7 m)
Hull length: 48.2 ft (14.7 m)
LWL: —
Beam: 15 ft (4.58 m)
Draft (min): —
Draft (max): 3 ft (0.92 m)
Air draft: —
Displacement: —
Ballast: —
Cabins: 1–2
Heads: —
Berths: —

Performance

Maximum speed: —
Cruising speed: —
Range: —
Guests: —
Crew: —

Engine and Tanks

Engine: 1800 hp
Engine count: —
Engine manufacturer: —
Propulsion type: —
Fuel capacity: 793 gal (3,000 L)
Fresh water capacity: 103 gal (390 L)
Black water capacity: —

Construction

Hull material: —
Deck material: —
Rudder type: —
Steering wheels: —

Builder's Own Figures

Max. persons: 12

Figures read fromthe builder's page

About Fjord

Premium production

Norwegian-founded builder of sporty motor yachts, established in the late 1950s and now part of Germany's HanseYachts AG since 2005.

At the end of the 1950s the Norwegian factory owner Alf Richard Bjerke, captivated by British and Mediterranean boatbuilding at a German boat fair, envisioned boats with a Norwegian spirit -- robust, reliable, honest, seaworthy -- and named the idea Fjord. With the engineers Finn B. Roer and Jan Herrmann Linge he founded Fjord Plast, whose first boat, the Fjordling, caught the mood of its time. In the early 1970s Fjord outgrew its European competitors with open weekenders, cabin cruisers, the sporty Dolphin yachts and the Sedan flagships, also built as flybridges; at the end of the 1980s the Terne series broke the rules with GRP boats styled like classic elegant wooden craft, from 21 to 28 feet, and set a new standard in Scandinavian boatbuilding. With the new century Fjord reinvented itself as a purist power boat, working with Patrick Banfield and Jim Wilshire, and in 2005 the brand was acquired by HanseYachts AG; the 500th Fjord was sold in 2019, and the Fjord 53 XL is among the latest additions to the fleet.

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