Powerglide - Catamaran

POWERGLIDE 40 CATAMARAN
with walk around wheelhouse
High Performance
41ft 6" by 16 ft 6"

The most fuel efficient Charter Catamaran
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New Island wheelhouse out now !

Zero V.A.T on this Catamaran

To get full information you need to make a phone call to Rod Baker +44 (0) 1208 814876 24hrs

Although we have been building this cat for about 11 years now, it is still probably the best kept secret in the charter world. We can build up to four Cats each year. Summer is the best time to order for the next season.

Power Catamarans have developed a charter Catamaran designed to give the absolute maximum fuel economy for skippers combined with an excellent turn of speed. The boat gives just about perfect sea keeping and eliminates the pounding and slamming that some planing Catamarans still manage to produce.

The hull of the craft was designed by Crowther Catamarans in Australia, probably the worlds best known Catamaran designers with over 3000 designs completed in their long history. It was by no chance that this Cat was originally described as the most economical production cat in the world. The combination of speed and fuel economy, which until then had been impossible to attain, has now become the normal practice with our craft.

Top speeds are usually around the 32 knots mark but can go a little higher and can, of course, be set considerably lower. We could fit twin 120 hp engines and still achieve the good side of twenty knots flat out. No wasted energy. The ultra slim bows just slice through the water like a thoroughbred race boat. The Cat creates no fuss in the water, no big bow wave being pushed in front of the boat to show how much energy you really are wasting. Look at the section on Comparison & Performance in the Download Details to find out how much you may be pumping into thin air.

Graham Knott's Dive Cat "Wey Chieftain" out in the English Channel
Picture taken from a passing helicopter

Very fast and very economical. Will actually cruise at 25 knots all day and give you over 30 knots when you want it. Of course you don’t have to cruise at 25 knots! Soft smooth riding and perfect sea keeping in any conditions you can go out in.

ECONOMY

For instance most charter skippers would be very happy just to cruise around at 16 to 18 knots. All day Every day. At this speed you will only consume 1.56 litres per mile, or in every day figures 2.9 miles per gallon or 18 miles for 6.2 gallons.

Now at Cruising speed of 25 knots you will consume 2.48 litres per mile and return a figure of 1.83 miles per gallon or 18 miles for 9.8 gallons. A little more fuel but less time.

When we take the boat to 30 knots, consumption increases to 3.0 litres per mile or 1.5 miles per gallon or 18 miles for 11.88 gallons. Not quite twice the fuel of the 18 knot speed but you get there in almost half the time. More fuel per hour but almost half the time to cover the ground. The figures above are relative to our 12 m Catamaran fitted with twin engines 300 hp each or over. Top speed over 30 knots. Cruise speed anything from 12 to 27 knots

You can see all this information on the Fuel & Speed Graph but I have clarified it for you with these figures.

Compare with other catamarans at end of this page

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DIVE CATAMARAN VIDEO

Graham Knott's Dive Cat
"Wey Chieftain 111"
out in the English Channel
on a great day.

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More suitable for BROADBAND USERS

This Video shows The Dive Charter version of the PowerGlide 40 Catamaran outside Weymouth Harbour. Although with this power, the Cat is capable of over 30 knots, the speed in the video was never more than Cruising at 20 Knots. Notice how easily the Cat is driven through the water and the absence of water being pushed forward by the bows generally seen in the planing style of Cat Hull.

View of the Dive Cat Console

Important features that you may overlook when making your Choice

A Short comparison of our super efficient catamaran against others.

All with similar horse power.

Horse power that is required to make top published speeds .

A selection of Catamarans currently on the market.

Wildcat 2 X 440 hp 30.7 knots Powerglide 35 knots + 20 % Saving

Wildcat 2 X 370 hp 27 knots Powerglide 34 knots 20 % Saving

SouthBoats 2 X300 hp 25 knots Powerglide 31 knots 19.4 % Saving

Blyth 2 X 215 hp 22 knots Powerglide 28 knots 21.5 % Saving

Blyth 2 X 425 hp 31 knots Powerglide 35 knots + 17.3 % Saving

Blyth 2 X 370 hp 27.8knots Powerglide 34 knots 18.2 % Saving

Catapult 2 X 370 hp 28.6 knots Powerglide 34 knots 15.8 % Saving

Gemini 2 X 225 hp 23 knots Powerglide 27 knots 14.8 % Saving

As you can easily see our fuel figures are in the area of 20 % better or more economical

than these comparisons.

It is usually unnecessary to go this fast as the top speeds here

are generally not required.

You can, in fact, run our Catamaran on twin engines down as low as 120 hp each side and

have a top speed of around 21 knots!!!

But these figures show that speed for speed this will be your fuel saving .

So during your whole year, how would you like to have 20 % cash back !!

20 % less expense 20 % more profit.

Whichever way you work it out, you save money.

So if your are travelling a distance of 50 miles each trip and make an estimated 200 trips out

each year you could save 2000 miles worth of fuel.

In other words you can have 40 days of trips with “Free fuel”

Its like paying 20% less for your fuel every day. You would love that if it was your car.

Also when you couple this to the additional comfort that our High Performance displacement Catamaran can bring you, and the deck space available you are winning every single way you

look at the figures.

Which other Cat can give you what we offer?

Price, comfort, speed, fuel saving.

Is there anything else to consider?

Sea Keeping and manoeuvrability. do I hear you say.

Of course we also have this.

You owe it to yourself to find out . Ring the numbers below to make contact.

We can still deliver your Walkaround Charter boat for the new season 2008

but time will run out. so get started.

It's not a miracle, it's just good design and experience. (800 boats built so far)

All the Catamarans are Custom finished to the customers requirements.

To see more of this Catamaran or to book a Dive Trip, follow the link to Weymouth Diving

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For Information & Prices contact Rod Baker

POWER CATAMARANS Ltd
TREVILLING QUAY
Wadebridge
Cornwall PL27 6EB

Tel No: (01208) 814876

Out of work hours, mobile 078 1717 4253

email: rodbaker@powerglide30.com

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