A new 54-foot catamaran—featuring an all-new cockpit water deflector for added safety—is being constructed by Doug Wright Boats, which is best known for its championship race boats.

http://speedonthewater.com/new-boats...ew-54-foot-cat

wonder how big the turbines will be? Do we have potential competition for My Way?

very nice to see safety addressed in the cockpit/canopy design. Looks like a great integrated structure. I've often thought a "drop in" egg shaped kinda thing that could be standardized with an insert into other hulls would be a good approach.

I think this is the one John Arruda is getting to go up against Qatar 96

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Just curious, what aproximate top speed would this DW 54 cat attain if she was powered by twin Merc Racing 1650s ?




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I sure hope so! Dougs designs have been killing it in the outboard cat class. It's good to have some more manufacturers in the races.

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what total HP will Turbine Marine put in his DW 54?

I am going to call John Arruda today and try to find out. Stay tuned.

Nothing massive, but in the 1,450-hp per engine range.

hmmmm...that's quite interesting. i had read here that he was looking to do battle with qatar 96 which is a smaller 50 ft mystic, and 1,850 per side. wonder why he's going low on hp?