BOATS

BOAT TESTS

Pershing 108

By Alan Harper

TEST BOAT SPECIFICATIONS

Test Engine: 3/2,638-hp MTU 16V 2000 M94s

Transmission/Ratio: ZF 3070 gears w/ 2.773:1 ratio

Props: 47x64.5 6-blade nibral props

Price as Tested: $16,500,000 incl. U.S. delivery

The Numbers

PMY's Numbers — Pershing 108

rpm	mph	knots	gph	mpg	nmpg	range	nm range	db	angle
1000	13.1	11.4	51.0	0.26	0.22	742	628	69	0.0
1250	15.3	13.3	83.7	0.18	0.16	513	456	69	1.0
1500	19.0	16.5	149.8	0.13	0.11	371	314	71	2.0
1750	29.4	25.6	200.0	0.15	0.13	423	371	75	2.5
2000	37.5	32.6	273.9	0.14	0.12	399	342	80	3.0
2250	43.0	37.4	346.9	0.124	0.11	354	314	83	3.5
2450	49.4	43.0	412.1	0.119	0.10	339	285	87	3.0

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT ON TEST BOAT

MCA LY2 certification
240,000-Btu tropical A/C
upgrade to 40-kW gensets
upper helm station
lower TV lounge
white pearl paint
A.C. converter
forward davit
stern thruster
fuel and water filtration and treatment systems
transom shower
Ernestomeda galley
underwater lights
5-meter Williams diesel tender
diesel-tender fuel pump

This article originally appeared in the August 2011 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.