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Two Kurt Hughes Design boats for sale:

F40 Racing Tri
32' Power Cat

Tel: 206.284.6346
Fax: 206.283.4106
Email: Kurt Hughes

Slater's Landing
3123 Fairview Ave E.
Suite D
Seattle, WA 98102

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Cruising Multihulls

53' Cruising Catamaran

53' bridgedeck cruising catamaran in composite.

This 53' cruising catamaran was designed as a powerful motorsailor. Construction is composite. Boards and rudders help it point with the best of them.

Inside find 5 staterooms, workshop, and a vast main cabin as rendered above.

300 hp per side Cummins diesels push it over 23 knots. 4 series Yanmars are also a good engine choice.

Length overall: 53'-9" (16.38 m)
Beam: 30'-2" (9.2 m)
Displacement: 32.778 lb (14.868 kg)
Sails - main : 790 sqft (73.4 sqm )
jib : 336310 sqft (31.2 sqm )
screacher  999 sqft (92.8 sqm )
spinnaker: 1,800 sqft (167 sqm )

Buy:

Study plans:  $50
Bid sets: 
$500
Full plans: 
$7000

 

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