Powercat 2400 2600

[outta line]

After any first hand info from people who own one or may of been for a ride in one.good/ bad points and would you buy another?
I dont think there were that many 2400 made i have spoken with steve from powercat briefly today and will talk to him next week as he was busy with new boat handover.
I have done a search on here and read most of the threads and some are quite a few years old now.I had a look at a secondhand 2600 for sale the other day and the layout is what iam after for family/fishing but thought that the motors sat low on the trandsom and wonder if they would get swamped fishing offshore drift fishing with para anchor.

If anyone owns one and willing to take me for a run ill pay for fuel

cheers mick

[gofishin]

Hi Mick,
Can't actually speak for the 24 or 2600 (sorry!), but if they offer anything like the performance of the original larger models - I would have one in a heartbeat - because all the good traits far outweighed the few annoying traits (IMHO)!

Even though the current owners are not the original owners/builders/designers, the current 'smaller' models hulls seem identical (to what I have seen) to the original 248, 268 & 288 - so I have no reason to doubt they are not as good.

Cheers & good luck
Brendon

[outta line]

Thanks mate I have been looking for a glacier bay 2270 and can't find the rite one that doesn't need $15k or more spent on it

the more I look into powercat the more I Like them and are ticking more boxes than crosses like you have said the high sides for my young kids is a winner .
Cheers

[Chimo]

They do seem to have an issue with misting around the motors which may be a problem if the motors ingest too much. If you have a look around the motors after a period at speed you can see the salt build up on and around the motors. Probably has a bit to do with air flow thru the screen, or the lack of it if its zipped up. Not necessarily the end of the world but something to be conscious of. In the past.some owners have fitted a snorkel to feed pressurized air to the motors which would mean you could forget about it.

There are a few pics around of these and also a few more recent patent papers addressing the issue.

www.google.com/patents/US20120214370

http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20120214370

[outta line]

Thanks mate .. I did read that from one of your older posts.. Iam not to concerned about that. I was a bit more worried about the height of the motor on the transom and the possibility of being swamped by Waves ..

I think it's a fairly common problem that those 115 Suzuki 140 Suzukis suck salt mist back under the cowl the way the intake is designed but you can cut down the amount of mist by putting a genuine engine cover on

Cheers

[Spaniard_King]

Mick, I have a couple of customers with 268's... I am not a fan!!! all the ones I have seen have a spin off access port in the transom well which is covered by water when at rest.

Everyone I have seen with 25 inch 4 strokes struggle with salt ingestion.

[gofishin]

Garry, I assume you mean injection from misting? I have seen some O/B cats with ducting over the years, with different systems/and a few brands of cats too, but do these 268 owners just live with it or do they use/have they tried ducting?

Also do you know if the pods in the boats you mentioned are completely separate from the main hull, or cable routes etc passing from within pod thru transom to inside the hull - and heaven forbid - free limber holes in to main hull from pod (no plugs)?
Cheers
Brendon

[bannana]

Mick I know a guy who has one at 1770. I'm sure he would take you out once you get a leave past. I know he loves his!!

[Spaniard_King]

Garry, I assume you mean injection from misting? I have seen some O/B cats with ducting over the years, with different systems/and a few brands of cats too, but do these 268 owners just live with it or do they use/have they tried ducting?

Also do you know if the pods in the boats you mentioned are completely separate from the main hull, or cable routes etc passing from within pod thru transom to inside the hull - and heaven forbid - free limber holes in to main hull from pod (no plugs)?
Cheers
Brendon

Nope I did mean ingestion. Mist is sucked into the engine cowling and a percentage actually goes through the engine. "ingestion"

Where as Injection refers to being forced in under pressure.

[gofishin]

Yeah sorry Garry, didn't pick up the bloody autocorrect. Yes I meant ingestion! I suppose if I didn't try and type it with a 'j' it wouldn't have autocorrected either

[outta line]

Nope I did mean ingestion. Mist is sucked into the engine cowling and a percentage actually goes through the engine. "ingestion"

Where as Injection refers to being forced in under pressure.

is that mainly on the suzuki Garry ? or are theise powercats fitted with other brand motors?

[Spaniard_King]

Mick, I have a customer with 150 Hondas and another with 150 yammies

[The Woo]

After any first hand info from people who own one or may of been for a ride in one.good/ bad points and would you buy another?
I dont think there were that many 2400 made i have spoken with steve from powercat briefly today and will talk to him next week as he was busy with new boat handover.
I have done a search on here and read most of the threads and some are quite a few years old now.I had a look at a secondhand 2600 for sale the other day and the layout is what iam after for family/fishing but thought that the motors sat low on the trandsom and wonder if they would get swamped fishing offshore drift fishing with para anchor.

If anyone owns one and willing to take me for a run ill pay for fuel

cheers mick

G'day Mick, I've ridden in a few and spent quite a bit of time in a mate's 2600, which to my eyes at least appears near identical to the current "3000" and I really like the layout if using it as a social boat. His has a pair of 225 Merc Optis, no pods, and it pretty bloody fast.

In small chop say a foot or so it eats it up as you'd expect, the faster, the better. But in more than that it does seem to suffer a little compared to SOME other cats. I think the tunnel in Powercats is a little low, or the sponsons lack a bit of lift or buoyancy, and the effects of that can be felt in a few different sea conditions. The smaller ones aren't as badly affected as the larger ones, the big 328 was pretty bad.

They do tend to ride a bit bow high even with 2 strokes, and they all seem to be fitted with aftermarket and enlarged extended anti-ventilation plates these days. All the ones around my area I see on lifts have the large plates, as they do need some extra left in the stern even at high speeds. They definitely give you the sensation of wanting to launch skyward even invert moderate sea states. Bit unusual on that front.

The outboard power heads are certainly no more prone to dunking than any other cat. That said, they're all pretty prone to it and it's not unusual to see 1/3rd of the cowling underwater if drifting in shitty weather or live baiting a school. However, it's much less of an issue these days with modern engines having far better sealing of the cowls to fight actual sea water intrusion. Mist n the other hand, will always be present in certain conditions.

Sorry for the novel. End of the story is they're a safe boat, really family friendly layout, not an out and out stunner of a performer in larger seas but have more than enough ability for 95% of us.
Floors and tanks tend to rot, so check closely. If one needs doing you do the other while you're there.

[gofishin]

Woo, can you confirm if the smaller older models (and even newer for that matter), had kickers in the tunnel like the 328's had (i.e. big/huge glassed-in trim tab in the tunnel at the transom)? This is one thing I cannot recall about the smaller models.

[The Woo]

Not that I've recalled seeing mate. I'll try to remember to take a closer look next time.