BOATS

BOAT TESTS

Midnight Express 37 Full Cabin

By Capt. Bill Pike

Boat Tests

SPECIFICATIONS

Builder: Midnight Express

Model: 37 Full Cabin

Model Year: 2007

Boat Type: Cruiser

LOA: 37’2”

Beam: 11’6”

Draft: 1’8”

Weight: 14,000 lbs. (one-third load)

Standard Power: 2/275-hp Mercury Verado outboards

Optional Power: various twin- and triple-outboard packages from Mercury and Yamaha, up to 300 hp each

Fuel Capacity: 365 gal.

Water Capacity: 70 gal.

STANDARD EQUIPMENT

Anchorlift USA windlass
Ritchie compass
six-leg T-top w/ rocket launcher, fluorescent lights, recessed red overhead lights for after-dark chart work (in-house constructed, powder-coated)
Kenyon EuroKera cooktop
under-counter Isotherm s/s refrigerator
Whirlpool microwave oven
ITT Jabsco electric MSD
Force 10 s/s water heater
10,000-Btu Cruisair A/C system
5-kW Kohler genset
4/schedule 31 Odyssey batteries
30-amp ProMariner battery charger
3/2,000-gph Rule bilge pumps w/ high-water alarm and lifetime-warranted magnetic float switches
4/s/s gunwale-mounted rod holders
fishbox
20- and 40-gal. livewells
heavy-duty Mercury Racing trim tabs w/ one-switch override

OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT

Rupp Top Gun outriggers
ACR spotlight
Icom IC-M422 VHF
Isotherm cockpit freezer
Corian countertops
26” Sharp Aquos LCD TV
Vetus Denouden bow thruster
Northstar 6000i GPS multifunction plotter w/ fishfinder and radar
Nautamatic TR-1 autopilot
premier anigre wood package

This article originally appeared in the March 2007 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.