THE NEED FOR SPEED
When Kiwi international offshore powerboat championship-winning competitor Wayne Valder decided he wanted a large pleasure cat, he set his sights on something fast. The all-new high-speed Carbon Cat 20m is the result.
“I am coming to the end of my racing career, so I was looking for something else challenging and a bit more futuristic than a conventional flybridge cruiser or sportfisher.
“I am used to running upwards of 140mph in my MTI powercat on the US offshore circuit, so while I didn’t plan anything that fast in pleasure boat form, I still wanted something reasonably quick”, says Wayne.
His quest took him to one of the leading lights in high performance pleasure cats, Roger Hill, who drew up a 20m foiling asymmetrical cat with enough horsepower to reach around 45 knots.
