Ocean Boats for Offshore Cruising and Fishing
Boats designed, engineered and built to safely withstand the rigors of offshore conditions are generally ruggedly well-built. Although being heavily built, most have superior fit and finish plus have luxury and comfort features. Offshore capable boats often are designed and outfitted for a specific duty such as long-distance cruising, offshore sportfishing, sport-cruising or a combination of both.
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Offshore Sportfishing Boats
Offshore sportfishing boats include large center console boats, open sportfishing boats and convertible sportfishing boats. These ocean boats are largely built with hulls that can meet the challenge of offshore conditions. Most offshore sportfishing boats are designed and powered to run at speeds exceeding 30-plus knots with either multiple outboard engines or inboard diesel engines. Most are equipped with towers that have upper control stations for sight fishing. -
Cruising Sports Yachts
As the category designation implies, yachts are designed to be exceptionally sporty combining capability and comfort. These ocean boats also offer many luxury features like innovative helms with advanced technology. Manufacturers often offer semi-custom interiors and features allowing owners to build a boat that suits their individual tastes and desires. Made to impress, cruising sport yachts often run in excess of 40-knots powered by two or more diesel inboard engines. The boats are typically designed with an open deck leading to the interior main deck featuring a galley and salon. Below the main deck are living accommodations with multiple lavish suites with luxury head compartments. These yachts can also come equipped with advanced entertainment centers, flybridges, and staterooms. -
Long Distance Cruising Yachts
For those that want to spend weeks, months or even years aboard traveling to distant destinations, these ocean boats are equipped with efficient and exceptionally reliable propulsion engine systems that can transit open oceans. Long-distance cruising yachts are over 50-feet in length and can range to over 100-feet with normal operating speeds of under 10-knots. Designed for comfort these boats feature extensive entertainment centers fed by satellite antennas with internet connections, large home-kitchen like galleys with full featured appliances, and pantry storage essential for long voyages. -
Power Catamarans
Power catamarans have become very popular with cruising couples and families. The volume of interior and exterior space afforded by the design of these ocean boats allows for multiple staterooms below, large salons and galleys on the main deck and voluminous upper decks. With two hulls and a wide beam, these boats can be especially stable and smoothly cut through most sea conditions. Features below deck can include home-style appliances and the salons with extensive entertainment systems for traveling with family and friends as well as being able to entertain a crowd. -
Cabin Cruisers
The beauty of cabin cruiser boats is that families and friends can enjoy being on the water both during the day and at night. The boating lifestyle can span many water activities with these boats from tow sports to offshore sportfishing and everything in between as well as cruising around with family, pets and friends.
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