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So I've had my sunseeker superhawk 50 for a year now, and I'm thinking about stepping up and getting a manhattan. My superhawk has triple surface drives and i can now say that I'm a pro at driving it. Do you think that going up to a manhattan 64 would be a big jump in terms of driving it?
I don't want a captain or crew. I live in The US and there is an excellent deal on a 2004 manhattan 64, but I'm hesitating to buy because of it being big.
What do you think?
 
If you can handle a boat with surface drives, I don't think you'll have too much trouble with a shaft boat, even if it is a bit bigger. I don't find the current 58 footer really any different to the previous 46 footer, and its no problem for myself and SWMBO to handle.

I do however see two potential problems. First off, its going to feel so slow and lethargic after your current boat. It's a completely different type of boating, less about the exhilaration of driving, and more about having space and facilities around you when you get there. Are you sure that's what you want?

Second, there is three times the acreage of GRP to keep clean, so to do that with no crew means a lot of time spent cleaning, even just to keep it looking reasonable. Not such an issue though, as you can use a cleaning contractor so at least it's clean when you first arrive.
 
I'm only worried about docking it, is it too big of a boat to handle without a captain? I always have someone with me to tie the lines
 
Well, after going fast for a full year I just got tired of the superhawk. I always have a lot of people on the boat and i thought that the manhattan is the way to go. I'd rather have jet ski and play with it when we anchor out somewhere.
Thanks for the replies
 
if the 64 Manhanntan has the big 1050 HP MAN option it will not to be slow, as it does 33/34 knots max with 28 cruising but then with 800 hp engines which do 30 knots it has a better balance to it....
ok noting like a 40 knot + triple powered Superhawk but with its displacement it will feel faster
 
I agree with what has been said already,

I'd add that with the Superhawk there is very much a "get out of jail card" with the low screens and 3.3m beam as you can dash from the helm to any part of the boat with huge ease. That would obviously not be the case on a 64 but as you say you are rarely alone and therefore will unlikely be an issue.

If you're ready for a new challenge then i'd go for it
 
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with its displacement it will feel faster

[/ QUOTE ]I beg to disagree on this one.
If you appreciate speed on the water, there's nothing like mastering the throttles of a surface props driven boat, when jumping waves on a following sea.
And regardless of displacement, that sensation will be lost forever with a Manhattan.
 
High up on the Man flybridge the sense of speed is far less than a sports boat.

To the original poster: handling the Man should in fact be easier than the SH, surface drives are not great at going backwards when berthing (not on the twin SH I have driven anyway) . The big props / shaft drive of the Man will be a piece of cake, and when all said and done whilst she is longer and wider, so is the new berth ( I assume) and she is also heavier.
 
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but it always feels slower on a flybridge, cos you're either higher above the water on the fly, or enclosed at the lower helm.

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it feels slow if you look forward, but looking at the sides of the boat at 25+ it start to feel fast
yeah def a 30 knot Manhattan would never be faster then a 40 knot plus Surface drive boat, tough I beg to differ on the jumping the waves here, riding over and penetrating them surely yes
 
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