High Performance Boats

High performance boats are built for speed first, looking good second and everything else after. They are built specifically to get people across the water from A to B as quickly as possible and look good while it’s doing it.They are typified by their sleek lines, are longer rather than wider and will have very powerful engines. Most will be center console style construction with all fiberglass hulls, comfortable suspension seating and thick padded cabin or sunpad seating. It can get rough at speed so extra padding will be essential for a more comfortable ride. The characteristics of a high performance boat is stern down, bow up so it’s important to have a hull that compensates for this otherwise the occupants can’t see where they are going.Notable manufacturers of high performance boats are Cigarette, Sleekcraft, Formula and Fountain. There are of course many others, but these have a higher profile than most. As an example of what high performance means, the Cigarette 38 Top Gun is regarded as an entry level boat. It has twin 525bhp outboard engines and a carbon fiber cockpit with racing instruments. The boat tops out at 86mph and will cost in the region of $400,000 to buy new.