Recent content by Maltese52

Wanted to share a sail cat turned power story about friends boat... Started life as Viva sailing cat and then he sold rig and built lightweight pod cabin house and added the reverse bow design. Boat is 30ft? powered by twin 15HP. Cruises at 15knots and tops out at 18knots and gets "claimed 8 to...

Looks like nice design... Not all too familiar with the two brands you mentioned out herE on west coast USA but will do some reading upon them. Quick questions: are you sticking with the express (non flybridge) look and whats intended use of boat? Coastal cruising, retirement, live aboard, world...

Parmenter, The topic of squat has been discussed quite a bit on other design forums and as you suggest, some designs experience it more than the other. The topic of wrongly designed power cats has been written about by Kurt Hughes and worth a read as it point out a lot of the problems of...

Peter, Parameter, Tida, I was out on water yesterday as you should all have been as well :):) I will try and respond quickly to the remarks about the Maltese MP52-Trawler Cat. The concept of incorporating design elements of sailing cat in trawler cat like the carbon fiber crossbeam and longeron...

Cees, We call it a Trawler Cat because of the cruising speeds its designed for 10-12 knot average cruise and top speed of 15-18 knot depending of power options (75HP to 120HP) all while achieving fuel efficiency better than similar size displacement trawlers. Most motorcats are high speed...

Ouch.. N47.. :confused: Happy to explain though. This Striker could be removed without compromising the strength of crossbeam in the MP52-Trawler and like I said makes a great place for burgee and or searchlight? Check out what the Dashews do on their forward mast for reference...:D As for the...

Thanks Many, The Reverse Bow is a growing trend and makes the standard or plumb bow designs look dated. Lots of manufacturers are spending big $$ to update their bow shapes these days to match the trend. Of course like all things, it has its lovers and haters. That T you speak of is the...

Wanted to share quick sketch up of MP52-Trawler Cabinhouse Styling we are planning on going with... Plenty of ways to trick the eye with paint, trim, and Railings.....Thoughts? Comments?:popcorn:

I think the Commercial/Yachty look appeals to a lot of people cause it makes you look serious and bad @ss... at the same time...:) More than that though its tells people you are not a cookie cutter boat person, more of a MAD MAX type of boater... There is always something cool about a boat...

For reference, Journey catamarans LRC 47 shows fuel consumption chart that they tested against. They get 7.7 g/hr total at 10.2 knots using two 220HP engines with a shorter waterline length and heavier (albeit, very nice interior layout & finish) 37000 LB boat.

FF, Perhaps you should check your calcs a bit.. I said the boat was designed to cruise at 10-12 knots, which is just about hull speed for a narrow waterline cat. Surely you are not suggesting that it would take all the available HP to move her to that speed. We know that not to be the case...

THD, Appreciate your comment and thanks for the insightful figures on margins and the history of foreign builds. Indeed there is still big savings in outsourcing to China at moment and Ive been approached by few people suggesting to go that route and wanting to get involved with launching the...

Bruce, The boat was in fact 100% built in US. Happy to promote that as any US builder should be. As for name It's kinda cheesy, But i will share name rational.. 1. I liked the cross reference to an actual cat breed? :) and ring of name 2. I like the story of that actual cat breed... No one...

THD, Would be happy to prove you wrong.;) This pricing is valid and plausible despite your thoughts. I would be happy to discuss the electronic package we are offering (choice of Simrad, Navico, or Raymarine). When you are doing semi-custom builds like the Maltese without lots of female...

Thanks Reiziger:thumb: Sitting in office today while bosses were out for test sail with Client on Lagoon 39 gave me chance to play with one of our Ads that displayed possible look of Maltese 52 underway. Have a look... Maybe Lagoon will build a version after all...It would be very easy to...