Big cat comforts without the sky high price | Aquila 54 yacht tour | Motor Boat & Yachting
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Reporting from the 2023 Palma Boat Show, MBY editor Hugo Andreae takes us on a full tour of the Aquila 54 power catamaran...
Aquila 54 specifications
LOA: 54ft 2in / 16.5m
Beam: 25ft 2in / 7.68m
Engines: Twin 550hp Cummins QSB 6.7L
Top speed: 24 knots
Fuel capacity: 2,200L
Starting price: $1.5million (ex. VAT)
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I really love these yaghts. They have great day boats and now cruising yaghts. Thanks for bringing this to us via CZcams.
Ever since this powercat was debuted I have been enamored with it ! 3-4-5 staterooms is a great choice ! Mostly the the 4-5 .
This is my dream boat, same cabin layout. Enclosed fly bridge and internal stairs upt o accommodate hot Caribbean temperatures and storms. That owner's cabin is the deal maker, for me.
Absolutely love this 54 Aquila ❤ great value for money . Would love to see how it performs in the rough seas 😊 great tour .
I had the Aquila 70 survey performed. The takeaway from the survey was, the electrical is shit, the plumbing is shit, the air-conditioning is shit, the build quality is shit, but the surveyors agreed that the design is magnificent. Its a shame they cut so many corners building these boats. Almost forgot, the wood they use is also shit.
Aquila is like buying a power tool from Harbor Freight, looks good on the outside, but built with the cheapest parts possible.
Well, to be fair, the Aquila is priced like the tools from Harbor Freight. At 1.5 million dollars to start, it’s literally half the price of Horizon and other upper crust power catamarans. Always adhere to the golden rule: you get what you pay for.
@@TwentyOneThirty the Aquila 70 is closer to 5.5 million with options, so no, the price comparison is very close.
That's why it's really sooo important to have a serious survey done before take over any new or used boat. It costs you money, but at the end it save you often much more money and headache. Looking with interest the wandering hillbilly chanel you can see his problems on his new 54, I believe he was still lucky as he's having a very popular CZcams chanel and marinemax was eager to help out quickly ( even the problems destroyed his holiday plans a lot ), but just imagine you don't have this popularity ....
@@dieterhell815 MarineMax was asking a little over $5million for hull number 1. I see its still unsold and they dropped the price to 3.3 million. That tells me that the mark up on those boats is at least 50% and I doubt they fixed any of the things my survey uncovered.
Love the Aquila boats!! Awesome your! Well done! I love this and the 44!!
A longer tour and mood in-depth would be nice and enclosed sky deck?
@thewanderinghillbilly channel is the story of the owner of an Aquilla 54. He's had quite a few problems but still loves the boat.
Clever stuff😊
Been looking at power cats new onto the market for about 10-15+ years now, particularly in regards to their range ever since Sunreef seemed to blow all the competitors out of the water in that regards. Even the Lagoon 43 power cat, about an 18yr old model now, was claiming a range in the region of 1300nm. I just can't get my head around new power cats with shorter ranges than that which were being achieved back then.
Very surprising then that this Aquila, with all the advancements in engine technology etc, you mentioned a range of 1500nm, (other online reviews mention 7.8 knots and 950nm range) when Lagoon Sixty 7 (not too dissimilar price range) is showing a range of up to 4750nm and then the Sunreef 60 power is sitting at 3000-3500nm range. In terms of capability and options of where to take them, and ocean crossing, there really is only one or two options if a power cat is the boat of choice and it certainly isn't going to be Aquila unless being followed by a fuel tanker.
This can do 2000nm dont know where ur getting ur numbers
Great tour Hugo of a very impressive Cat.
$700k to get it shipped to Europe though?!
What watch do you wear?
I wonder how I could make it look with some wicked wraps 😂, ah yeah, the price 🙈🤣
Oh boy. Alex's favorite brand. Lol. He was rough on the 32. I think the 54 and the 60 are about the most perfect ones. The 70 is huge and I think toombig, but then not big enough because you need it crewed almost unless you have lots of experience, but anyone paying that money will most certainly want it crewed and then even with 2 crew, its not enough, but also kind of crowded with all the cabins filled, with 3 crew it's alright but nkt for how European owners like their yachts run usually. Has to be an American or Australian owner really
Nice and to the point tour. I think the information of horsepower vs speed vs fuel consumption vs tank capacity does not make sense. I hope Aquila will publish that soon in an understandable way.
While I like Aquila, I'd probably go for the 36 with the cruising and foiling packages.
I always like those - but with the number of Hurricanes these days I'd have to ask how well do they deal with rough seas? I imagine you dock it where you can and skedaddle.
'...the number of Hurricanes these days...'
What?
Is anyone else's OCD flipping out over how he left that sink cover on the flybridge? 🤣🤣
No because I've been yacht crew on these during a show and I guarantee you the moment he left that area, the crew was right up there fixing it. These are meticulously gone through every time someone gets on or off the yacht. I get what you mean because as yacht crew you have to have some OCD to work on them, so I get it.
@@clifbradley I'm not even crew, but the entire time he just left it there, I was like "straighten up the damn cover!"
It bugs me and I was the one that did it! Don’t know how I didn’t notice it at the time.
@@hugoandreae3785 I'm sure with the time limits you have to operate in and the activity around you, it's an easy miss. Don't let a keyboard warrior like myself who has all the time in the world to be a critic detract from an otherwise great video and tour. 😅
@@jonrd463 fear not, I know it was meant in jest but it did make me cringe when I spotted it in the edit!
Very nice cat, but it's obviously geared toward certain owners who travel short distances in fair weather as there doesn't seem to be an inside pilot area.👍😎✌🗽
British folk could sell milk to a cow I swear.
Designed in the US and built in China. I stopped there.
This is 44 Aquila!! Not 54!
You sure? I didn't think the 44s had the crew quarters or Portuguese bridge 🤔
No, it’s the 54'
Nope. It’s the 54.
Definitely 54
LOL 1.5 Million Pounds and you think that isn't a sky high price? LMAO!!!! That's 2,558,172.00 CAD.
I made my money in the West i will spend it on a Chinese boat.
Shame on ýòu.