The Moorings is one of the world’s top powerboat charter companies. One of the services offered by The Moorings is Moorings Power Yacht Charter. A fleet of 37ft and 47ft powercats provide a perfect option for families and friends to enjoy the excitement of a powercat vacation. The charter service is available in 6 exciting worldwide destinations, including the Virgin Islands, the Bahamas, Baja California, Thailand, the Seychelles and the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. For more information, see the Moorings Power Yacht Charter website.

Admiral Powercats of Cape Town, South Africa are a new breed of power catamarans aimed at the sport, fishing, leisure and commercial markets. Asymmetrical stepped hulls and hydrofoil technology provide an extended range, greater speed and increased fuel economy. Admiral Powercat models include the 21ft Centre Console, the 42ft Prestige and the 45ft Express Powercat.

The Admiral Boat factory is one of the largest catamaran producers in the Southern Hemisphere, with about 70% of the boat produced for international export. The state-of-the-art facility includes a variety of eco-friendly processes. Cape Town is a center for boat manufacturers, with many of the leading builders in the world located along the Western Cape of South Africa.

We’ve written here in the past about the ArrowCat family of power catamarans, described as the next generation of powercats due to their targeting of the family boating niche. Here’s a YouTube video showing one of these midsized New Zealand powercats in action. The video also includes a tour of the interior of the ArrowCat.

The basic design of the catamaran boat goes back thousands of years.  The stability of the catamaran’s twin hull design allowed people and cargo to be transported safely across the Pacific Ocean.  These are some of the benefits of the catamaran design and of powercats:

Powercat Marine Australia is one of the original manufacturers of power catamarans in Australia. Family owned and operated, Powercat is dedicated to providing world class fiberglass powercats to boating enthusiasts the world over.  Owners Steven and Lynda Shaw have been working with marine fiberglass construction techniques for over 25 years, and their son Brendon has now joined the team.  On the Powercat Marine website, you can take an online factory tour and see the step-by-step construction of a powercat.

World Cat is a top manufacturer of world class powercats for fishing and cruising. The World Cat website at www.worldcat.com lists these benefits of a power catamaran:

• Greater stability, since a powercat doesn’t pivot on a centerline the way a mono hull does.

• Allows fishing from one side without listing.

• Shallow draft allows greater access to areas unreachable by conventional hulls.

• Wider footprint facilitates navigation of rolling seas.

To see a World Cat in action in big waves, check out this video:

If you’ve tried all kinds of water-based vacations and adventure tours, then maybe it’s time to try bareboat cruising. With a bareboat cruise, you charter a boat and provide the crew and provisions. Talk about adventure — what could be more exciting than chartering a power catamaran and cruising an exotic location. Bareboats BVI offers charter powercats in the British Virgin Islands. You can also find bareboat cruises in the Florida Keys. If that’s not your part of the world, how about bareboating in Greece?

If the idea of a bareboat vacation sounds intimidating or like too much work, you can also take a crewed powercat cruise. Read an article here about a crewed powercat cruise of the Greek Islands. Whether you choose a crewed or bairboat powercat cruise, it’s sure to be the adventure of a lifetime.

When it comes to powercats, the name Skater is synonymous with high performance and velocity.  Skater power catamarans are built by Douglas Marine Corporation, the top builder of high performance catamarans for that past 30 years.  The first Skater was the Skater 18, built in 1974.  Since then, no catamaran manufacturer has won more national and international racing championships or set more speed records.

Douglas Marine Corporation is based in the U.S. in Douglas, Michigan.  Learn more about company on their website.