Powercat 3000 Sports Cabriolet

While there may be restrictions in some states as to hours of towing, signage and so on, generally you will be free to roam with this beast and boat in comfort when you get there.

The 3000 Sports Cabriolet exudes luxury that when viewed with the practical eye of being a fishing boat as well as a holiday vessel for the small family, presents as a viable all-rounder package.

Briefly, around the hull you will get a Maxwell winch and all the necessary ground tackle to suit. Stainless steel bow rails and full cockpit covers are also in the price.

Down inside the cabin you get full carpet and linings, cushions and halogen lighting.

Cockpit and helm wise there is more halogen lighting, soft linings, sinks, fridge and Raymarine C90W, eight-inch combination sounder and chart plotter.

The shower, holding tanks for the head, stereo system and all the safety gear and mooring lines also comes standard with the rig; and the list goes on and on!

What seems like a squashed-down cabin roof is, once you have stepped down inside, very deceptive with full head room next to a sprawling double bed, room to move around and ample storage. You will barely have sit-up head height when on the bed but hey, you sleep lying down!

Getting to and from the quality mattress is via a carpeted module below a stand-up robe which has a hinged lid exposing the head. The latter is a macerator type attached to a 45-litre holding tank with pump-out facilities.

The cabin roof is fitted with a large airy hatch for ventilation.

The companionway is lockable with a fibreglass door and hatch that is rebated into the dash top to give head clearance when stepping down into the entrance which is in the starboard sponson.

The practicalities don’t end there. The helm is situated on the port side of the spacious dash and a large top brow hosts all the gauges while the GPS/sounder  combo sits neatly in its own brow and communication radio and radio CD player have their own as well.

The helm seat is a tri-person affair sharing the same back rest but with a single seat base and double-hinged separately. Both may be stowed when required providing easy passage past the helm but importantly, offering a bum seat to skipper and crew should they want to lean rather than sit when on the plane.

Now we are talking here of only the front of this module which is large, centrally located with walk-around capability both on port and starboard end. In the aft end is situated the galley which has a sink and cooker in its top guarded by a retaining fence. The aft fascia has a refrigerator rebated into it and there are cupboards in the ergonomically-rounded corners to access condiments, cleaning and cooking gear. More stowage is found behind flush hatches on each side of helm area in the cabin liner.

A table top which covers the galley to make it a full bench is stowed on the front of the module under the helm seating.

Corner seating in the aft end wraps around the dining table which is removable to open the companionway through the transom door out onto the boarding platform which extends between the two outboard motors.

More stowage is found under those seat cushions which are plush, similar to the rest of the upholstery and linings on this boat.

The hull, which is built to the USL code survey as standard, is constructed of solid glass with woven rovings.

Each sponson has seven sealed and water-tight bulkheads with bearers running abeam 350mm apart. Collision bulkheads are constructed in their fore ends.

At the helm, this Powercat is very direct and responsive and with counter-rotating propellers going hard astern it will be more than capable of backing down on rampaging pelagics; if fishing the blue yonder is your thing. When doing so there is no water ingest to the cockpit.

When fitted with a pair of 175hp Suzukis, its WOT rpm of 5800 will give you 75km/h and backing off to a cruise speed at 4200rpm you will get 47km/h while consuming 42lph for both engines. With a pair of 200hp motors you can expect the results to be noticeably different.

All-round, the 3000 Sport Cabriole is one smart cat!