WATCH: Makai M37 sea trial – £720K cruising cat like nothing you've seen before While power cats are hardly famed for their se* appeal, Makai is co*mitted to making them genuinely desirable, starting with this new Makai M37
Developed in collaboration with Italian sports car designer, Emanuele Rossi, and built at Makai’s production facility in Split, Croatia, the firm’s new Makai M37 is being marketed as a high-end sportscruiser which draws direct inspiration from both classic and modern supercars. Rossi refers to the “harmony between elegance and masculinity”; to the importance of finding […]
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While power cats are hardly famed for their se* appeal, Makai is co*mitted to making them genuinely desirable, starting with this new Makai M37
Developed in collaboration with Italian sports car designer, Emanuele Rossi, and built at Makai’s production facility in Split, Croatia, the firm’s new Makai M37 is being marketed as a high-end sportscruiser which draws direct inspiration from both classic and modern supercars.
Rossi refers to the “harmony between elegance and masculinity”; to the importance of finding a way to “portray grittiness as well as elegance”. And florid though that might sound, you can see what he’s getting at.
With its plunging aft gunwale line, elevated bow and one-piece wraparound screen, it has the look of a muscular modern take on a classical limousine. And in line with co*pany policy, the performance appears to live up to its looks.
As you would expect of a fast, sporting power cat , the hulls are designed to funnel the air into a channel that narrows as it moves aft, increasing pressure, creating lift and helping cushion the ride through the chop. The bridge deck also looks reasonably elevated to help minimise wave slap, improve co*fort and retain running efficiency.
In terms of power, twin Yanmar 8LV-320s or 370s, hooked up to Q-SPD surface drives, should deliver 38 knots in GT guise and 44 knots in the Open variant. And thanks to the boat’s natural stability, you should be able to enjoy a co*fortable, well-trimmed cruise at low speeds too.
As regards the deck layouts, the Makai M37 is designed as a category B boat to carry 12 people and the internal space certainly seems to bear that out. In the absence of side decks, a generous beam of 15ft 3in is made freely available to the occupants of the cockpit.
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