BOATS

BOAT TESTS

Sunseeker Predator 108

By Capt. Bill Pike

Boat Tests

SPECIFICATIONS

Builder: Sunseeker

Model: Predator 108

Model Year: 2005

Boat Type: Megayacht (> 80')

LOA: 108'0"

Beam: 20'8"

Draft: 6'0"

Weight: 167,600 lbs.

Standard Power: 2/2,000-hp MTU 16V 2000 diesel inboards

Optional Power: 3/2,000-hp MTU 16V 2000 diesel inboards

Fuel Capacity: 2,906 gal.

Water Capacity: 476 gal.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

teak decks
2/Muir 4500 anchor windlasses
2/Muir stern warping capstans
50-hp Wesmar Vortex bow and stern thruster
Ritchie compass
VDO instrumentation
Furuno NavNet radar/plotter/GPS w/ Nobeltec cartography and 6'open-array scanner
3/NEC screens (w/ trackballs) and Versapoint RF keyboard
Simrad AP20 autopilot, ISI5 wind indicator
ISI5 depth indicators
Icom IC-M602 VHF
42" Panasonic retractable LCD TV
cockpit wet bar w/ Raritan ice maker, Gaggenau grill, cooler, and sink
6/Tecma electric MSDs
2/40-kW Kohler gensets
216,000-Btu Marine Air chilled-water A/C system
3/Phase 3 PT-24-95F Smart Chargers
Sea-Fire auto. FM 200 fire-extinguishing system
HMI Marine (exhaust) silencers

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT

Servowatch vessel-monitoring system
Inmarsat Fleet 55 global communications system
G8 KVH sat TV TracVision satellite TV
Linn entertainment systems
2/polished s/s anchors
underwater lighting
Zodiac jet-powered tender

This article originally appeared in the May 2005 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.