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BOAT TEST: 2006 Multihull Buzzards Bay 33

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Also noteworthy is her 111-square-foot cockpit, big enough for fishing or entertaining and featuring a two-foot-wide transom boarding gates on each side. Hunt says her 20-inch-high aft tunnel clearance is about twice as much as any other powercat on the market and further enhances her comfortable ride.

But because of that tunnel, the 33's accommodations are sparse. The only stateroom is down three teak steps from the pilothouse and inside the starboard hull. It spans the tunnel and features a queen berth with comfortable memory foam mattress, but it has only one hanging locker and a small cubby-hole at the foot of the bed for stowage—not ideal for long-range cruising. (The L-shape settee aft and to starboard of the helm station also converts to a double berth.) Hunt called me a few days after the test to report that he'd come up with a design that added a chest and drawers, which he plans to incorporate on future models.

The stateroom adjoins the 33's only head. Located forward in the port-side hull, it's accessible directly from the pilothouse, but accessing it from the master requires walking up into and across the saloon/pilothouse, then down four steps. My test boat featured an optional sliding hatch that connects the port side of the berth directly to the head, designed in response to a request Hunt received from "senior" owners who get up in the middle of the night to use the facilities. It wouldn't be exactly ideal in the middle of the night, however.

Despite lacking certain long-range cruising amenities, the Buzzards Bay 33 has a lot to offer anyone looking to have fun on the water, and she'd be great for a cruising couple, but is equally suitable for single-handed operation. She gets good fuel economy, has a nice turn of speed, and is relatively roomy without carrying around a lot of "excess baggage." She's one cool cat that just might make a splash.

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This article originally appeared in the November 2006 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.

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BOAT SPECIFICATIONS

Boat Type: Catamaran

Base Price: $287,000

Standard Power: 2/225-hp Mercury Verado four-stroke outboards

Optional Power: 2/130-, 2/167-, or 2/190-hp Volvo Penta diesel inboards

Length Overall (LOA): 33'0"

Beam: 12'4"

Draft: 2'0"

Weight: 11,000 lbs.

Fuel Capacity: 220 gal.

Water Capacity: 50 gal.

Standard Equipment: Furuno NavNet w/ 10" display; Icom 601 VHF; 15" Edson PowerWheel; Stidd 500N Slim-Line helm seat; Sunbrella chenille fabric on settee; hi-lo drop-leaf dinette table; 2-burner Princess propane cooktop, 4.6-cu.-ft. Isotherm 'fridge, s/s sink w/Moen hand-shower fixture, and Dometic flush-mount microwave in galley; MarineDeck 2000 high-pressure cork sole in pilothouse; 2/1,200-gph bilge pumps w/ high-water alarms; 4-step s/s swim ladder; 2/Lewmar hatches

Test Engines: 2/225-hp Mercury Verado four-stroke outboards

Transmissions / Ratio: Mercury/1.85:1

Props: 15x15 3-blade stainless steel

Steering: Teleflex hydraulic

Controls: Mercury SmartCraft DTS

Optional Equipment On Test Boat: sliding master stateroom-head door; 12,000-Btu Westerbeke RotaryAire A/C; 3-kW Westerbeke genset; Sea-Land VacuFlush MSD

Price As Tested: $304,000

Conditions: temperature: 65°; humidity: 80%; wind: 10-15 mph; seas: 2' to 3', load: 220 gal. fuel, 50 gal. water, 3 persons, 100 lbs. gear. Speeds are two-way averages measured w/ Stalker radar gun. GPH taken from Mercury SmartCraft engine-monitoring displays. Range: 90% of advertised fuel capacity. Decibels measured on A scale. 65 dB is the level of normal conversation.

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The steep, smooth acceleration curve for the 33 is impressive: She shot out of the hole and was at WOT in about 15 seconds. That has to do with her displacement hull design and gutsy, 225-hp Mercury Verados.

GEAR ON BOARD

MarineDeck 2000: This might look like teak, but don't be fooled: It isn't. In the interest of minimizing both cost and maintenance and to help maximize practicality, Multihull Development (MD) designed the Buzzards Bay 33 with a synthetic flooring called MarineDeck 2000 in the pilothouse sole. Manufactured in Holland by Stazo Marine Equipment, its cork granules are suspended in a two-component polyester polyurethane binder, producing a lightweight, weather- and impact-resistant, and shock- and sound-absorbing nonskid sole that reportedly can withstand even the harshest marine environment and requires no maintenance. MarineDeck 2000 is available in prefabricated panels, planks, and strips in a range of sizes.—E.G.B.