BOATS

BOAT TESTS

Paul Mann 68

By Capt. Bill Pike

Boat Tests

SPECIFICATIONS

Builder: Paul Mann

Model:

Model Year: 2005

Boat Type: Sportfisherman

LOA: 68'0"

Beam: 19'3"

Draft: 5'6"

Weight: 65,000 lbs.

Optional Power: choice of twin diesel inboards up to 2,000 hp apiece

Fuel Capacity: 1,600 gal.

Water Capacity: 300 gal.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

none, custom boat

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT

electronics package featuring Furuno, Icom, Simrad, Northstar, Garmin, and others
custom teak helm pod w/Release steering wheel and Palm Beach-style single-lever engine-control handles
3/Release helm chairs
cherry interior w/Carpathian-elm burl accents
granite countertops w/honeycomb-aluminum substrates
Sub-Zero drawer-type refrigeration
Kenyon cooktop
GE Advantium microwave oven
Pioneer plasma TV in saloon w/digital entertainment center
3/Headhunter MSDs
Bosch Axxis washer and dryer
112,000-Btu Marine Air a/c
Oberdorfer oil-change pump
Max Q watermaker
2/25-kW Northern Lights gensets
Miele electric grill
Release fighting chair w/rocket launchers
s/s-lined cockpit tackle lockers and consoles w/Eskimo ice machine
Pipewelders custom hardtop and frame w/aircraft-type painted finish
Pipewelders hydraulic outriggers
Rupp rodholders
s/s fishboxes and livewell w/window
Aqua-Air s/s freezer boxes on flying bridge