30 Oct Luxury with Speed
The following is an excerpt from an article written by Pacific Power Boat Magazine. The full article can be found here.
THE NEED FOR SPEED
When Kiwi international offshore powerboat championship-winning competitor Wayne Valder decided he wanted a large pleasure cat, he set his sights on something fast. The all-new high-speed Valder 20 is the result.
“I am coming to the end of my racing career, so I was looking for something else challenging and a bit more futuristic than a conventional flybridge cruiser or sportfisher.
“I am used to running upwards of 140mph in my MTI powercat on the US offshore circuit, so while I didn’t plan anything that fast in pleasure boat form, I still wanted something reasonably quick”, says Wayne
His quest took him to one of the leading lights in high performance pleasure cats, Roger Hill, who drew up a 20m foiling asymmetrical cat with enough horsepower to reach around 45 knots.
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45 KNOTS…YOU BET
When it comes to making a boat go fast, there is no one more experienced than Wayne. So when it came to powering his new Carbon Cat, there was no question about packing in a load of horsepower. To do 45 knots, designer Roger Hill specified a minimum of 2600hp.
“We went for the MANs due to their excellent power to weight ratio and particularly the torque curve. They develop maximum torque early on and hold it right through the range, something that is important as we need the power early to activate the foil”, says designer Roger Hill.
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