Mares 38 Cat?
 

Anyone know anything about this boat?

http://www.powerboatlistings.com/view/18042

Besides having (in my opinion, an ugly ass paint job) I know nothing about these boats. My buddy is looking at it for running in the Pacific.

How would it run in 3 to 5's VS a V-hull?

Are they well built? I'd be a bit concerned about the drives holding up.

The Mares 38 is a great rough water boat.
I have hundreds of hours running this boat in the ocean. This one was designed and built in New Zealand when the waters are rough.
In my opinion the drives on the boat will not hold those engines.
There is one in Tampa new paint and upholstery HP 500’s bravo drives very nice boat

Just bought one myself, well built boat probably not the fastest of cats from all accounts but supposedly a really good offshore boat.
Just in the middle of rebuilding the motors so haven't had a chance to run the boat yet to see how fast it actually is.

Does anyone know how fast one of these cats will be with a pair of Merc 500efis on Bravo 1s

Should run about 80.

Great that will be ideal for my first cat.

Cant comment on perf but the only part about the paint I like is the airbrushed motor...too bad they only have it on one side

Congratulations on your new 38 Mares it should run about 80 MPH. The 38 is a great running boat.
My name is Lenny Noble the owner of Mares if you have any questions please feel free to contact me. I will be at the Ft Lauderdale boat show with the New 45 Mares Power Cat. I will try to post some pictures of the new 45 if not go to the Mares web site marescatamarans.com

Hi Lenny. Thanks for responding on here. How fast would that 38 be with the 800's?

Nice intake and exhaust . . . . Im guessing JC Whitney :D always entertaining when car guys try there hand at doing a custom boat :picard1:

Yeah, I got a chuckle out of that too. Easy fix though.