Z Bow Cat sets speed record

Hi all,

We get lots of questions about the "z-Bow hull" format that is used on the Pacific Expedition PE 45/55/65 range. Our hulls are designed in partnership with Stuart Bloomfield and Bloomfield Innovation so to be clear - of note today is a different design and from a different firm - in a large high speed format... but it is fun to see the video of these high speed runs.

There is not a great deal of footage around of these extended waterline Z-bow boats running so here is one. Also you can see the load carrying potential.

65 meters at 56 knots?! "yep, that dog will hunt"
4 x 6500 kw MTU's

Looking forward to posting similar video of our cats in action in the near future. But not at 56 knots unless we have a healthy tail wind....or we drop one.

See more here... video #1 Shinas and Hormuz

http://www.austal.com/go/news-and-images/video?PRODID=346619AD%2DA0CC%2D3C8C%2DD969F5F941E0ED23

Really a great site to see the upper end of the potential of the cat design.

Thanks

Pat and John