BOATS
BOAT TESTS
Africat 420
By Capt. Grant Rafter
Boat Tests
SPECIFICATIONS
Builder: Africat
Model:
Model Year: 2008
Boat Type: Catamaran
LOA: 42'0"
Beam: 22'0"
Draft: 3'0"
Weight: 26,450 lbs. (w/ standard fuel load)
Standard Power: 2/315-hp Yanmar diesel inboards
Optional Power: 2/ 370-hp Volvo Penta IPS 500s or 2/435-hp Volvo Penta IPS 600s
Fuel Capacity: 630 gal.
Water Capacity: 210 gal.
STANDARD EQUIPMENT
leather upholstery
Lewmar hatches w/ shades and mosquito screens
hardtop on flying bridge
Marinedeck 2000 cork sole in cockpit and flying bridge
hot/cold cockpit shower
freshwater deckwash
exterior courtesy lights
fishing bumpkin
110-volt 50-amp shore-power cord
Headhunter freshwater MSDs
ice maker behind bar
2/Coolmatic 'fridges and 2/Coolmatic freezers
tank-monitoring system
Raymarine VHF at helm and flying bridge, ST 6001+ autopilot, E120 chartplotter, 24-nm radar, and ST60 speed and depth
AM/FM stereo/ CD w/ Surround Sound
9-kW Onan genset w/ soundshield
600-AH service battery
OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT
additional control station in saloon and aft deck
IPS joystick option
Oceanair blinds
Stidd helm chairs
remote-controlled search light
600-gpd Village Marine Tec watermaker
flying-bridge ice maker
in-transom livewell w/ adjacent freezer
Bose Multi System DVD/CD/radio w/ Surround Sound
23.5" daylight-viewable Sunbrite cockpit TV
2/additional Raymarine E120 chartplotters and Raymarine camera in engine room and aft deck
This article originally appeared in the January 2008 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.













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