How ugly is this?

[longjohnsilver]

Here
And what a bargain at almost 60 grand!

 

[sailorman]

bet those steps cause a problem in a seaway /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[masaccio]

oh dear...you're going to be in trouble with Victor now (but you're right...it's a carbuncle)

 

[JKay]

Its not ugly /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif


once they finish it it will look OK /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

cheers Joe

 

[powerskipper]

the steps fold up into the hull to give it a bow shape.

 

[JKay]

Reeaaalllyyy /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

cheers Joe

 

[Rustyknight]

I saw that (or it's twin) earlier this year in Poole. I was anchored at Arne, and it came in at dusk looking for a space to drop the hook....... and promptly ran aground! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Heres the piccie.......

 

[Pinnacle]

Good to se the crew wearing lifejackets given the wild nature of the sea....... /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Oh dear ljs, victoraspey is going to flame you for this. You should know by know that if God went motorboating, it would be in a cat

 

[Lakesailor]

No wonder they ran aground. They've already scooped up some poor bugger in an inflatable.
I see these wonderful cats needs some fins on the bows to stop them digging in. You'd have thought that stairway would have provided enough bouyancy.

 

[No1_Moose]

...and not one mention in the ad of the unbelievable fuel burn, I suspect it is so competitvely priced because that it doesn't appear to have the "plaster it in tekdek" option.

 

[Bajansailor]

Re 'unbelievable fuel burn', these motor cats are extremely efficient due to their very skinny hulls having much less wave making resistance than a similar size monohull - their mpg is probably at least 2 or 3 times than a monohull (I picked up a copy of their catalogue at SBS - has lots of detailed info within).

I think that power cats (the generic name, not this type specifically) are the way to go in the future for most types of powerboats.
I will agree with everybody else on this thread though that the styling and lines of this Powercat could be improved.....

 

[KCook]

"the way to go in the future for most types of powerboats"

I believe we've been hearing that refrain for the last half century?

Kelly

 

[rickp]

Is there only one? I saw it in Northney in March:

Rick

 

[oceanfroggie]

[ QUOTE ]
Oh dear ljs, victoraspey is going to flame you for this. You should know by know that if God went motorboating, it would be in a cat

[/ QUOTE ]Oh dear, yes, but flaming deferred one suspects till just before LIBS. As Clarkson might say in his cheeky but honest non-PC manner "Yes economic maybe, but looking like that, not likely to snap knicker elastic at 50 paces, is it now?"