New Cat in Town - Page 2 - The Hull Truth

Bullshipper · 02-21-2009, 09:25 PM

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TwentyFourSeven - 2/21/2009 6:48 PM

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Bullshipper - 2/21/2009 5:30 PM
this boat looks a little bowhappy to me. I would have expected a smoother ride from a 35 in those conditions, but its not easy to tell as speeds are not indicated either. In any case, the boat with the camera seem to ride a little smoother, or may have had a steadycam for the session.

I thought the same thing for the conditions, the boat seemed to do what cats are famous for bounce around.

I assume you are trying to be funny.

Cats in the 16-27' class ride better than than any mono out there, cats like the 33 freeman ride just as good or better, with 30% less horsepower.

Apart from the fact that CC monos like Contender have better fishing layouts than are offered on cats, there is not much else to commend them in a head to head comparision.

bradmd · 02-21-2009, 10:08 PM

yep, video is not impressive for a cat that size. That water has a bit of a chop, or in other scenes it's lake smooth........bow shouldnt be bouncing around in water that smooth. Interesting that the motors are mounted toe out. I like the look of it.........but for 280k........come on now. Maybe it's got 24k gold or platinum thru-hulls.

TwentyFourSeven · 02-22-2009, 06:41 AM

I would definitely be interested in the 33' Freeman before this one. Its seems to have a deeper tunnel and looks better.

catfoiler · 02-22-2009, 07:45 AM

Low tunnels are a common problem on many cats and the result is slaping and some jaring but with a foil it will lift the hull up so running should be ok But my thoughts on tunnel height would be if they copied the fin cat wouldn't the fiberglass layup weigh more than the fincat's Al construction? We all know that cats don't like weight as well as flatter hulls.

Bullshipper · 02-22-2009, 08:28 AM

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catfoiler - 2/22/2009 6:45 AM

Low tunnels are a common problem on many cats and the result is slaping and some jaring but with a foil it will lift the hull up so running should be ok But my thoughts on tunnel height would be if they copied the fin cat wouldn't the fiberglass layup weigh more than the fincat's Al construction? We all know that cats don't like weight as well as flatter hulls.

This is marketed as a fishing vehicle, but low tunnels mean slap and sneeze, especially when trolling.

But I think we need some independent testing, to be fair.

ufg8rmike · 03-17-2009, 04:43 PM

More pics up on the site. Looks like they will be at the palm beach show. One sweet looking cat!

http://www.mamba350.com/landing.html

ufg8rmike · 03-21-2009, 05:40 PM

New vid is up...

http://www.mamba350.com/video.html