Last week I had the pleasure of helping the owner of Cruiser Cats of South Africa deliver his new Havana Fly bridge 38/40 up the coast to Ft Lauderdale. She was going to Ft Lauderdale to have her hard top installed before being delivered up the coast to Annapolis for the Fall Boat Show.

If the trip up the coast is anything like our little jaunt, it will be both fast and effortless! We are seeing more and more of these larger power cats and it is no secret that they are becoming more popular these last few years, It’s easy to see why! The well thought-out Havana interior is not just roomy but very practical. She has lots of room for two or even three couples to both enjoy each others company or find some space away from others for some private, quiet time. Now 40 feet is by no means a big boat, but on board the Havana, there is plenty of room for living and storage. Now, performance is where the catamaran hulls and the Havana in particular really stand out! This yacht goes through the water effortlessly! On most boats of this size you can feel the boat pushing at the water before she even thinks about getting onto a plane. Not the Havana! The acceleration is so smooth you can’t feel any transition at all. As we left the harbor in Key Largo, she effortlessly increased speed from 6 knots going down the channel to 20 knots without skipping a beat. This model has the larger 260hp Yanmars and I would have to say that they are a really great choice. Sure you can lop along at 8 to 10 knots burning only a few gallons an hour, but sometimes you just want to arrive before sunset and these very quiet power plants will push the Havana along at 20 knots while only burning 10 gallons each, every hour.

That would be an average of 1 gallon per mile witch is pretty good fuel economy for a boat of this size.
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