BOATS

BOAT TESTS

Ovation 52

By Capt. Bill Pike

Boat Tests

SPECIFICATIONS

Builder: Ovation

Model:

Model Year: 2008

Boat Type: Cruiser

LOA: 52'0"

Beam: 16'4"

Draft: Draft: 4'0"

Weight: 47,000 lbs. (dry)

Standard Power: 3/370-mhp Volvo Penta IPS 500s

Optional Power: 3/435-mhp Volvo Penta IPS 600s

Fuel Capacity: 610 gal.

Water Capacity: 200 gal.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Maxwell low-profile RC10 windlass
Bomar hatches w/ Oceanair screens/shades
Staron solid-surface countertops
Princess Gourmet cooktop
2/Vitrifrigo drawer-style refrigerators
2/Vitrifrigo drawer-style freezers
2/VacuFlush MSDs
3/ProNautic 2425 Digital Marine battery chargers
6/Lifeline battteries (Schedule 31)
2/12-kVA Charles Industries IsoTransformers
15.5-kW Kohler genset
64,000-Btu Marine Air A/C
Buck Algonquin sea strainers
3/Racor 900MA fuel-water separators
Racor 500MA fuel-water separator
X-Change-R oil-change system
Bennett trim tabs

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT

Raymarine electronics package
entertainment package
32,000-Btu Marine Air flying-bridge A/C
hardtop w/ EZ2CY enclosure
hardwood flooring
KVH satellite TV system
Fluid Tech under-water lights
Dan Smith Associates accent lighting
Nautical Structures davit

This article originally appeared in the February 2008 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.