Revolution Performance Marine...all the way, it has a cabin that is very roomy and I have slept overnight in. You will be spending a bit more, but you could come in under the 90,000 dollar price with a 496ho, and you will be in a brand new boat. You won't go wrong with the RPM and Steve Tripp's customer service, I am not bashing other Mfg. BUT if you ride in the others, and look at the fit and the finish, you will make up your own mind.

Here is the link to RPM and a few pictures of mine, if you want true custom, stay away from all of the cookie cutter guys, this boat will be built exactly how YOU want it

http://www.rpmpowerboats.com/

These are the only ones I have of the cabin..The pics of the guy in the cabin working, thats Wayne of RPM and he is 6'3" tall, a big guy

Great looking CAT, but its going to need way more than a 496HO to get the speed up, back in 2004 I spanked a 25 Eliminator cat 496HO with a 27 Fever 500efi, gps never read over 74mph and he never caught up, 15 mile run and I slowed down a couple of time to let him get back beside me. In all fairness we did encounter some sloppy water, I always figured that was why I did so much better.

I still would look at the 36 Spectre Pleasure, Damnit now you have me thinking about it again, DAMN OSO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you the same Plum Crazy from the Viper world?

Buy mine, build up the motors a little for you trip dig requirement and pocket a large chunk of the cash in savings!!!!

+3 on RPM

I honestly feel that the RPM cat is the nicest single engine cat I have ever had the opportunity to drive. There is no way to go wrong with this package, and Steve... the owner, is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. He would bend over backwards making sure a customer is happy. He helps me out, gives me advise, and I havent even bought a boat from him.......yet.

Chris

Take a look at HTM, The SR24 meets or exceeds all of your requirements. Not a boat out there in its size that has near the room inside the cabin and cockpit.

I forgot about the HTM SR24. That is a single engine cat that definitely has a roomy cabin. It is one TALL boat. Different style, but definitely fast and spacious.

Forget the HTM in rough water. At LOTO that boat will beat you up. It is a nice lake boat. I prefer twins in a cat. To go 100 mph in a single you are going to need a blower engine and that means you will have drive issues. Getting towed in is not fun. With twins you can get to 100 with mild power and if you break a drive you can limp on one. Going fast in a cat with mild power will take some skill in rough water to not break bravos. In and out of the water is hard on drives. A used 28 Skater with twin outboard 300's or 300x's is about as nice as it gets for going 100 mph for under $75k. I like the Eliminator hull for no porpoise and the creature comforts. A 28 with twins or a 33 would be nice. There are better rough water hulls like Skater, Nortech and MTI but the cost will be far more. You get what you pay for. Sorry but the AO 31 (all the Chris Cat knock offs) are old school and a little scary to drive. There are much larger differences in cat hull designs than say V-bottom comparisons. For what you want the 28 Skater is the best boat for the buck by a long shot. Nothing else will even be close in ride quality or speed. No cabin, but most other cats have lousy cabins anyway.

A U.I.M. Class 3C racecat (23-24ft/ 1800lbs/200Xs) is a 100+mph boat...but it will set you back more than 75K...

If it was me IŽd forget the idea of a cabin in a cat and look only for speed...