ALLOY SPORTFISHER LAUNCHED

[nabeelah]

Finally the boat in Fiji got the taste of the salt water today.The twin 440hp Yanmars fired up well.Trials on Sunday!!

[Jay Perrotta]

I like it a lot!

[trouty]

That looks nice Nabeelah.

Any specs?

Fuel capacity, range, top end and cruise?

It does look the goods. I think you might need a sun shade over the rear cockpit for the tropics?.

Ballpark cost?

Yes - she looks the goods!

Cheers

[Gundog]

Very nice finish if I didn't know I would think it was a glass boat.

Mike

[nabeelah]

Hi Guys,
Yes its for sale.See below for specs etc.It sure looks nice in the water.May go out on Sunday with the builder for a test run!
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 217197.htm

[clambo]

Nabeelah, how fast does that thing go? Twin 440's and an aluminum hull, holy crap! It must scream! You should be able to outrun the fish and poon them as you drive by! NICE RIDE!

[JETTYWOLF]

Looks from here very clean and crisp. No BS or impress the neighbors added. I like it.

[nabeelah]

The boat did approx 36 knots heavy.handled the seas very well.Pictures will be loaded shortly.Some more picture from builder.The yard is extremely busy doing big cats full time,38ft mono etc.Even the whitsundays from Australia has ordered one cat!!

[nabeelah]

Sea trial pics over the weekend!

[Choclabs01]

Welder, I think I might be able to switch to Alloy with this one!

[welder]

What do I keep telling ya ?
You can get what ever you want in ALLOY.....

[aluminumdreamer]

Kinda curious as to what the heck you would use that for in Norman OK? I don't think those Okies would know what hit em if you showed up to the lake with that bad boy .

My father lives in OK city.

Nate

[jdirt]

Hello nabeelah

Who is the builder of those big cats?

Joe

[nabeelah]

Hi jdirt,
Its the same builder as the mono Sportfisher..Cobra Boats & Marine Engineering,Fiji

[ReelSong]

Wow, where can I buy the cutting file and plan for that Cat? Always wanted to build an alloy cat and that one is beautiful . who,s design?

[welder]

ReelSong , you need to talk to Chris at www.ctmd.com.au he has some great designs for Alloy Cats.

http://www.ctmd.com.au

Chris is a member here member , CTMD

[nabeelah]

Wow, where can I buy the cutting file and plan for that Cat? Always wanted to build an alloy cat and that one is beautiful . who,s design?

Its a Scott Robson design out of Christchurch,NZ.

[nabeelah]

Wow, where can I buy the cutting file and plan for that Cat? Always wanted to build an alloy cat and that one is beautiful . who,s design?

reelSong,how about this one?

http://www.noahthompsondesign.com/NTD-0 ... amaran.asp

[CTMD]

Scott Robson and Roger Hill both from NZ have been the market leaders in high speed power cats of this size for quite a while and both can offer you some very nice stock designs or can design you a new boat from scratch. Scott has traditionally offered asymmetric hulls while Roger leans towards more traditional symmetric hulls. From my experience Roger is a lot more conservative with his designs, the benefit of this is that you'll get exactly what you pay for. Robson has a reputation for being a little more cutting edge, as with any industry this can lead to a superior product, however, not without risk of disappointment. This risk is greatly reduced by his broad experience.

I'd like to think my young company (CTMD) offers a viable alternative to Hill and Robson. With over 10 years of aluminum power cat experience including 4 with Roger Hill and 2 with Austal Ships I have a pretty solid base upon which to start any designs. We have also been working very closely with Plate Alloy Australia for the last 4 years to develop new systems and techniques to minimize the labour component of a new build and reduce vessel material weight.

If you can let me know what size you're after I'm always happy to post a couple of General Arrangement drawings.

9.5m Powercat attached, about to start construction after an 18 month wait while the owner looked for a suitable shed. He has had a pair of 250HP Lombardinis sitting in his lounge room for 6 months.

[nabeelah]

Chris,
Whats the beam like?? Performance predictions??

[CTMD]

Beam is 3.45m (11'4"). 3.5m is the maximum you can tow without an escort in Victoria (do still need a permit).

Speed will be in excess of 40 knots. This client has given me a lot of liberty and in theory the boat will be faster than that, but it will definitely be over 40.

[nabeelah]

So definitely sternlegs???

[CTMD]

yep bravo 2s. I'd want to fit 300hp a side before going jets