Markham Dominator
Fellas just wondering what these are like,who owns one,are they any good tell me good and bad points looking at something in 6/7m range.
CHEERS AND BEERS
Bit like the Quintrex of the cat world on here mate. There have been a couple of threads on them being referred to as rollinators, but there are some very experienced skippers (such as Foxy) who racked up more hrs than most in them and never seemed to have a bad word to say about them.
Like any boat you need to make your own mind up at the end of the day but one thing is for sure you will get some very strong opinions moving forward from here.
fez
Looks like all the "strong opinions" have left the building
Nah, they are all still out there rowing back in the etec powered cats
I wouldn't buy one (ever) but I am guessing you knew that!!!
I wouldnt go near one either they are outright dangerous they do roll over. Stick with Shark cat, Noosacat, Kevlacat etc. Much better ride and resale.
I've a lot of time on cats, and I'll be honest, a mate had a late model one, I forget the model designation but it was around the 20ft mark, and I couldn't get it to "work" right.
At speed in a foot or so of chop it was fantastic (most cats are though!), but any larger and it really felt like it wanted to trip over itself, or lean right over on one sponson, depending on the operating conditions. Running downhill in a metre or so of chop was awful. Running 3/4 downhill was a heart-stopper! I could never trust it, and it seriously frightened me a couple of times.
Look at their shape and you can see why they feel that way, and why there's been a few roll over while underway, "apparently".
Not a fan. Nice finish and layout though.
Buy a more traditionally shaped cat such as a Skarkcat or Kevlacat is my suggestion.
I did not realize they were that un-predictable, gees, how many sea miles would Foxy have done in his?Originally Posted by The Woo
I've always wanted a cat from my monohull sailing days but I've been very surprised at how little freeboard the existing ones have--especially when you hear the talk of digging in a sponson and going arse over tit. The top of the sponsen of the boat I'm building is a good 4' above the water line with a huge amount of reserve bouyancy, so hopefully I won't have that problem. All this talk about instability makes me think I'll have to get some tuition on driving the thing from someone who knows power cats.
Doubt it will be an issue with your bouyancy and HP and experience.
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What could go wrong.......................
I don't know who Foxy is, but please understand I'm only relaying my own experience with ONE Markham/Hookem/Dominator, whatever they're called. Maybe I expected too much from it? Maybe they just have an unusual motion, I'm not sure. But I maintain it didn't fill me with confidence.
Al Suth had a 7 metre for a few years, said he rated it, but also said he'd much prefer his current similarly sized cylinder style alloy monohull.......
Your boat will be fine Steve, its a very different design.
[QUOTE=The Woo;1441060]I don't know who Foxy is, but please understand I'm only relaying my own experience with ONE Markham/Hookem/Dominator, whatever they're called. Maybe I expected too much from it? Maybe they just have an unusual motion, I'm not sure. But I maintain it didn't fill me with confidence.
Al Suth had a 7 metre for a few years, said he rated it, but also said he'd much prefer his current similarly sized cylinder style alloy monohull.......
Foxy is a pro on here, his is a 7m
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