BOATS
BOAT TESTS
Marlow Explorer 82
By Capt. Bill Pike Photos by Neil Rabinowitz
TEST BOAT SPECIFICATIONS
Test Engine: 2/1,500-bhp Caterpillar C30 diesel inboards
Transmission/Ratio: ZF 2050A/2.5:1
Props: 39x47 5-blade nibral New Foil
Steering: Hynautic hydraulic with two-engine power-assist
Price as Tested: $3,200,000
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT ON TEST BOAT
Furuno electronics package
5 Samsung LCD monitors
Simrad AP25 autopilot
2/Icom IC-M602 VHFs
Brooks & Gatehouse gauges for wind, speed, depth, and water temperature
Side-Power bow and stern thrusters
Morse electronic engine controls
Naiad stabilizers
Sub-Zero drawer-type refrigerator and freezer
Nautica RIB w/ 90-hp Yamaha outboard
8-person Switlik canister-type life raft
AGM batteries in lieu of lead-acid
Marine Air chilled-water A/C
16,000-Btu Marine Air A/C for engine room and crew's quarters
900-gpd Sea Recovery watermaker
This article originally appeared in the February 2007 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.













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