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Written by Matt Trulio
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Friday, 04 December 2009 10:42 |
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What do you get when you add 8 inches to the beam of the renowned Skater 36 catamaran? You get the equally dazzling Skater 368. With its 11-foot beam, the Skater 368 was first developed for offshore racing—the added width between the sponsons creates more lift and enables the boat to reach higher speeds on lower horsepower—but quickly found a home with speed-loving pleasure-boat owners. With a pair of 850-hp engines, the cat will reportedly top 140 mph. Like the original Skater 36, the 368 delivers superior rough-water handling and excellent high-speed stability. And of course, it’s a Skater, which means construction quality is a good as it gets.
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Written by Matt Trulio
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 11:48 |
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OK, so the 39 Top Fish from Cigarette Racing Team (www.cigaretteracing.com) probably wouldn’t be your top choice as a serious hardcore angling machine. If that’s what you’re after, think Yellowfin or even Midnight Express. But from top-end to handling, the 39 Top Fish outperforms just about every boat in its class—it is after all a Cigarette—and delivers the build-quality you rightly expect from the high-dollar custom builder. (With triple outboards, you can expect the 39 Top Fish to run in the low- to middle six-figure price range.)
In a nod to more serious anglers and divers, the company is introducing the 39 Top Fish Open—that means no cabin and more deck space—later this month.
And for those of you who think Cigarette founder Don Aronow would be rolling over in his grave at the thought of a Cigarette fishing boat, think again. One of Cigarette’s first models, introduced under Aronow, was a center-console 28-footer.
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Last Updated on Friday, 06 November 2009 16:08 |
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