This was an excellent boat review. The comparison with foil/no-foil was amazing. Foil for me! Your reviews are at an excellent pace and highlight both features and things that should be improved upon. It's nice to see the unbiased approach. Well done Capt. Steve. Time to go shopping for an Aquila 36.
We have a normal 36 and there is a 36 foil owner nearby has been having structural problems with the foil on theirs that kept it out of service from time to time. The folks at marine max said the same thing. Amazing performance increase though minus the issues.
Can't be. He didn't mention any negatives or possible negatives. One tell was he said it wasn't available with the 400's. That implies structural issues.
Very Nice and Roomy boat Cap, 2 B Sleeping 2×2 Persons and having double heads !! Good layout and on top of that Good Performance 2 and Range considering the Speed!! I appreciate ur Test and Thanks a lot Captain !!
Another great review by Captain Steve of a great boat. Really like the hydrofoil option! Also like the massive amount of glass. Although, I'd be critical of all the white surfaces that will cause visibility reducing glare. :-( Better to make them dark gray.
Watched with interest the fuel savings were great but not always wanting to go full blast across the water, how does it preform say just enjoying the day at say 8 knots? Does the fuel consumption rise with more drag?
100%. The gains are from being at speed, raising the while kaboodle out of the water. Rt at plane and slower there would be a lot of drag. Heck, if you saw off 5 inches of the skeg mpg goes way up. Can't turn all that well but life is full of trade offs
Great descriptive video again... my wife and I added this boat to the list we are considering. Just wish there was an electric motor/solar package available
you could probably get electric ... this boat is designed for outboards though and the largest electric outboards I am aware of equate to about 50HP. Putting two 50HP motors in place of two 300's comes with an obvious decrease in performance, and while the motors themselves are inexpensive the battery bank you will need is not. You'd also be wise to add a generator for cloudy days. The initial coast of going electric will be much higher, how long it takes to recoop that cost really depends on how much boating you do. One thing that many of the companies selling electrics try to say is "no maintenance" this is patently false, do not believe it.
with larger engines the foil will create too much lift and induce porpoising. The foil is designed up to a maximum speed and the 300’s puts the boat and foil within acceptable tolerances of maximizing lift and efficiency. Going up in engine size to 400’s will push the limit to the edge and actually wants to make the boat start lifting up too high so the foil will lift and then pop out of the water and back in the water and repeat. - Capt Steve
With optimum cruise at only 700 RPM below wide open throttle means they propped the boat for a top end speed so in reality that foil probably doesn’t much of anything when comparing apples to apples.
Sorry we don't because every dealer has difference prices and different options. You can find out the price here by contacting yoru closest dealer. ;) boattest.com/boats/aquila/36-sport-power-catamaran-2021
Am I crazy or was there zero mention of 400s with foils? Is there an increase in speed over the 300 with foils, and an efficiency boost compared to the 400s without foils?
Hints of structural issues with more power. He says the foils are only available with the 300s. That tells you everything. Wonderful idea not so wonderful execution.
Excellent review although I would love to have seen how this handles offshore swells. Would Haulover eat it up ? The open bow/lower freeboard seems a little susceptible to green water. Also curious about the affect of the foils on lower speed fuel consumption. Does the additional drag result in lower economy?
@@llamawizard Fishing catamarans with high freeboard forward do well. This model looks to have much less buoyancy forward and a relatively low freeboard across the bow that act like a scoop if pushed too hard, as seen on numerous channels.
@@PinnyBasher Apparently the hydrofoil can take the weight of the boat so it is possible to beach the boat even with the hydrofoil. Probably has to be done very gently...
On one of these nearly errrday, time will tell, but so far there are some things that could be designed to a better standard…. I think I’m in a very early one. Still a great boat so far….but I doubt it will hold out with a long life span as the 2004 420 and 2006 40ft sea rays I gig on.
@@markpitchford7375 I am not thinking to take it to the open road. Just from our my hangar with a tractor, to the ramp here at the pacific entrance of the Panama Canal at Diablo Spinnig Club.
Liked the video. But why do you compare the speed with the consumption of fuel in Gal/Hr? If you drive with faster speeds you obviously get more miles per hour. Which means you shouldn't compare the Gal/Hr but the miles per gallon or am I wrong? In your comparison it looks like the fuel consumption is better without the foils, when in realty you get 1.257 miles per galllon with the foils and only 0.987 miles per gallon without the foils while also going with more speed. Sry for the bad language btw. Not my mothertongue so might have misunderstood you.
@@owenwilsey7896 that still does not realy solve the problem of the comparison with different speed but good to know. Thx. Don't really know much about the boat world, just like to watch the videos about it and didn't realy understand, what information i should get by comparing the fuelconsumption in gallos per hour while going different speed.
You make a valid point, in my opinion. It seems that the two key comparison factors at a given rpm (between foiled and non-foiled hulls) are speed and fuel consumption. Gal/hr would be valid for displacement hulls, but for planing hulls, it would seem that fuel burned per unit of distance covered, would be more relevant for comparison. For instance knots for speed and gallons per nautical mile for fuel efficiency. If I re-crunched the numbers based on that, then at WOT (5700 rpm) foils are 16.66% faster (38.3 knots vs 32.8) and fuel efficiency on foils is 11.25% better (1.25 gal/nm vs 1.41). Based on 4500 rpm, foils are 38.4% faster (27.5 knots vs 19.9) and fuel burn with foils is 22.02% more efficient (0.92 gal/nm vs 1.18). Which means that, foils make sense on the basis of the performance data. But of course, that is only part of the equation. Additional costs have to be factored in, as do issues such as longer term impact hull integrity (given that this is an add-on to the original design by the hull naval architects). And lifestyle/use of the boat owner....e.g coastal cruising and sand-bank partying vs moderate distance passage making at speed.
Please explain why it gets worse fuel economy with the addition of the hydrofoil. I figure less of the boat is in the water so there should be less resistance.
At the speeds the foils lift more of the hull out of the water, the fuel efficiency goes up because the foils in the water have less resistance than the part of the hull lifted out of the water. You also get higher speeds at the same throttle setting for the same reasons. At lower speeds, more of the hull in the water plus the foils is more resistance than the hulls alone, so at lower speeds you get a loss of performance. It's a tradeoff, but worth it up to a point.
I have looked at every video on UA-cam featuring this oat and not one person spoke or showed storage areas in the staterooms, there’s two drawers beneath each berth: how deep are they? Are they regular size or are they the length of the berth, two doors in the head are these storage or utility? Would have been nice to have shown this.
I agree that it's VERY frustrating the best boat reviewer on UA-cam fails to include one of the MOST important details. That being said, you can usually find the info on line with a quick google search.
@@logicreversed18t google search is not always right.... depends on allot of things, have you asked google how much a girl per hour would cost on that boat? What extras would she have or could deliver? May(e google knows that too?
@@henryxavier3751 A girl per hour? Grow up. Google will absolutely help someone get an idea what a boat like this costs. It's really not that hard. Also, if you're an ACTUAL potential buyer, go to your local Aquila dealer and find out - that's what I did.
Thought the same thing at first, but looking into it they increase draft the boat’s overall draft, risk of damage from running aground, damage from hitting debris, general concerns about their long term structural integrity, lower fuel efficiency at lower speed. They seem to be only great while running high speeds
I'm a big fan of the foil assist, like the layout just not ever going to buy a "Made in China" boat. My family deserves better quality on the open ocean.
This test is only for a paid endorsement. It shows the best case of a few things, but omits everything else. I won't use boattest in my decision making when I get a new boat.
I can only imagine the performance of this cat with the Hydrofoil and a pair of Sharrow props 😮❤❤
This was an excellent boat review. The comparison with foil/no-foil was amazing. Foil for me! Your reviews are at an excellent pace and highlight both features and things that should be improved upon. It's nice to see the unbiased approach. Well done Capt. Steve. Time to go shopping for an Aquila 36.
Wow, the foils serious offer some hydrodynamic efficiency. Really unique design!
Wow. What a practical boat! Every inch of the boat was utilized well.
Was looking for a boat/ yacht but I think I've just found my boat thanks to you.
There are so many benefits to this boat. Definitely will see more hydrofoils in the future with the added efficiency.
But this hydrofoil is less efficient
@@Ballista762 No, it is more efficient, higher burn per hour, but going faster.
That boat looks so stable. You can just see how flat, level, and how little it moves.
starting at $439,000
Wow I’m actually fairly impressed, and wasn’t expecting it.
We have a normal 36 and there is a 36 foil owner nearby has been having structural problems with the foil on theirs that kept it out of service from time to time. The folks at marine max said the same thing. Amazing performance increase though minus the issues.
That's kind of a big deal.
Can't be. He didn't mention any negatives or possible negatives.
One tell was he said it wasn't available with the 400's. That implies structural issues.
plus you have 8 more inches of draft....
Nice
Very Nice and Roomy boat Cap, 2 B Sleeping 2×2 Persons and having double heads !! Good layout and on top of that Good Performance 2 and Range considering the Speed!! I appreciate ur Test and Thanks a lot Captain !!
Thanks for watching!!
Captain Steve does the best boat tests.
What an amazing boat to have if you live in FL on the inner coastal. This is perfect day or weekend boat IMHO, and I've been reviewing a lot of them.
I would like to see those stats again but with a sharrow prop installed on the engines to see how much more it can be improved if any ?
Great boat test!
Another great review by Captain Steve of a great boat. Really like the hydrofoil option! Also like the massive amount of glass. Although, I'd be critical of all the white surfaces that will cause visibility reducing glare. :-( Better to make them dark gray.
Can it be delivered inland to iowa
Please contact the closet dealer here: boattest.com/boats/aquila/36-sport-power-catamaran-2021
Need to do a test with Suzuki Df 350 and 300. The duo prop motors would be ideal for this boat.
World best boat review in the World!
Thank you! : )
Watched with interest the fuel savings were great but not always wanting to go full blast across the water, how does it preform say just enjoying the day at say 8 knots? Does the fuel consumption rise with more drag?
100%. The gains are from being at speed, raising the while kaboodle out of the water. Rt at plane and slower there would be a lot of drag. Heck, if you saw off 5 inches of the skeg mpg goes way up. Can't turn all that well but life is full of trade offs
Excellent with the hydrofoils
Very professionally done !
So very tempting
Here on the shallow waters of the Gulf Coast of Florida , those hydrofoils would quickly become a crap trap
Coconut finder!
Time to put on Verado v12s
According to the chart that will mean 1.2 knots higher speed and 100x consumption... 🤣
Huge cockpit!!!
I love this boat
I thought it would look a lot more out of the water with hydro foils. If you can make them removable you'll REALLY have something.
Great descriptive video again... my wife and I added this boat to the list we are considering. Just wish there was an electric motor/solar package available
you could probably get electric ... this boat is designed for outboards though and the largest electric outboards I am aware of equate to about 50HP. Putting two 50HP motors in place of two 300's comes with an obvious decrease in performance, and while the motors themselves are inexpensive the battery bank you will need is not. You'd also be wise to add a generator for cloudy days. The initial coast of going electric will be much higher, how long it takes to recoop that cost really depends on how much boating you do. One thing that many of the companies selling electrics try to say is "no maintenance" this is patently false, do not believe it.
Just use the wind, like sailors did for thousands of years.
Impressive mini yacht.
Great video and nice boat. What’s the price range?
Smooth ride!!
Wow Nice boat
would you be able to beach it on a sand bar with the hydrofoil?
Once
@@Bubbles99718 clever 👍🏻👍🏻
Nice boat
Why can't you go the hydrofoil with the more powerful engines?
with larger engines the foil will create too much lift and induce porpoising. The foil is designed up to a maximum speed and the 300’s puts the boat and foil within acceptable tolerances of maximizing lift and efficiency. Going up in engine size to 400’s will push the limit to the edge and actually wants to make the boat start lifting up too high so the foil will lift and then pop out of the water and back in the water and repeat.
- Capt Steve
Does this come with enclosed helm with air conditioning?
Yes , it is an option.
What prop was being used in the test?
Love the boat but am thinking the foils would be a significant hazard for the manatees here in Florida.
With optimum cruise at only 700 RPM below wide open throttle means they propped the boat for a top end speed so in reality that foil probably doesn’t much of anything when comparing apples to apples.
Why not mark the price on the video?
Sorry we don't because every dealer has difference prices and different options. You can find out the price here by contacting yoru closest dealer. ;) boattest.com/boats/aquila/36-sport-power-catamaran-2021
Am I crazy or was there zero mention of 400s with foils? Is there an increase in speed over the 300 with foils, and an efficiency boost compared to the 400s without foils?
Hints of structural issues with more power. He says the foils are only available with the 300s. That tells you everything. Wonderful idea not so wonderful execution.
@@obmed11 or balance.
if you put 350hp counter rotates on it i bet that would beat all,no hydro foils needed
Nice boat, handleable size. Does the head have a shower?
How strong is this hydrofoil? accidents happen, so what happens with u hit a lobster/crab pot buoy at half or full speed.
Why can't you add foils in the 400s?
Test the hobie adventure island
Sooner or later all of us will run aground. Imagine that with the foils.
That's why these are a gimmick.
And can't even imagine just the general structural issues with the pounding they would take
(1) not everyone crashes into land, really and (2) its still beachable with the foils.
It’s a option w/skyhook ???
joystick has skyhook feature
Excellent review although I would love to have seen how this handles offshore swells. Would Haulover eat it up ? The open bow/lower freeboard seems a little susceptible to green water. Also curious about the affect of the foils on lower speed fuel consumption. Does the additional drag result in lower economy?
Catamarans run haulover better than any monohulls.
@@llamawizard Fishing catamarans with high freeboard forward do well. This model looks to have much less buoyancy forward and a relatively low freeboard across the bow that act like a scoop if pushed too hard, as seen on numerous channels.
I wonder how the foil would handle a sand bank
The props are lower in the water than the hydrofoil so they should be the main concern.
@@PinnyBasher Apparently the hydrofoil can take the weight of the boat so it is possible to beach the boat even with the hydrofoil. Probably has to be done very gently...
Lekker man lekker
On one of these nearly errrday, time will tell, but so far there are some things that could be designed to a better standard…. I think I’m in a very early one. Still a great boat so far….but I doubt it will hold out with a long life span as the 2004 420 and 2006 40ft sea rays I gig on.
Made in China
Is there A/C?
2. One in each cabin.
Has anyone used this with Sharrow props? Just curious.
1.3 mpg? 😂 does it come with paddles?
Love all your videos but you lost me at: two mercury motors. JUNK !
1.3mpg at 38mph???? Wow.
It gets the 400 Salt Water Verardos now.
Can you put this boat with the foil on a trailer ?
it's like 16' wide.
@@markpitchford7375 I am not thinking to take it to the open road. Just from our my hangar with a tractor, to the ramp here at the pacific entrance of the Panama Canal at Diablo Spinnig Club.
Liked the video. But why do you compare the speed with the consumption of fuel in Gal/Hr? If you drive with faster speeds you obviously get more miles per hour. Which means you shouldn't compare the Gal/Hr but the miles per gallon or am I wrong? In your comparison it looks like the fuel consumption is better without the foils, when in realty you get 1.257 miles per galllon with the foils and only 0.987 miles per gallon without the foils while also going with more speed.
Sry for the bad language btw. Not my mothertongue so might have misunderstood you.
Gallons per hour is the standard for fuel consumption in the marine world.
@@owenwilsey7896 that still does not realy solve the problem of the comparison with different speed but good to know. Thx. Don't really know much about the boat world, just like to watch the videos about it and didn't realy understand, what information i should get by comparing the fuelconsumption in gallos per hour while going different speed.
You make a valid point, in my opinion. It seems that the two key comparison factors at a given rpm (between foiled and non-foiled hulls) are speed and fuel consumption. Gal/hr would be valid for displacement hulls, but for planing hulls, it would seem that fuel burned per unit of distance covered, would be more relevant for comparison. For instance knots for speed and gallons per nautical mile for fuel efficiency. If I re-crunched the numbers based on that, then at WOT (5700 rpm) foils are 16.66% faster (38.3 knots vs 32.8) and fuel efficiency on foils is 11.25% better (1.25 gal/nm vs 1.41). Based on 4500 rpm, foils are 38.4% faster (27.5 knots vs 19.9) and fuel burn with foils is 22.02% more efficient (0.92 gal/nm vs 1.18).
Which means that, foils make sense on the basis of the performance data. But of course, that is only part of the equation. Additional costs have to be factored in, as do issues such as longer term impact hull integrity (given that this is an add-on to the original design by the hull naval architects). And lifestyle/use of the boat owner....e.g coastal cruising and sand-bank partying vs moderate distance passage making at speed.
So, zero negatives with the foils. He didn't mention any so they must not exist
It’s V shape also allows a gentle settling back down instead of dropping. Price would be a negative as it’s an option.
@@viasevenvai Being ripped out of the transom would be a negative as well. Which most likely happens alot
@@Bubbles99718 the props are lower.
@@viasevenvai meaning what?
@@Bubbles99718 the props will hit before
Please explain why it gets worse fuel economy with the addition of the hydrofoil. I figure less of the boat is in the water so there should be less resistance.
Going faster which causes props to drag more or cavitate less is all I can think of.
Thought about it more and wonder if in reality RPMs were slightly higher with foil.
@@EricGlenSnyder Yea could be
At the speeds the foils lift more of the hull out of the water, the fuel efficiency goes up because the foils in the water have less resistance than the part of the hull lifted out of the water. You also get higher speeds at the same throttle setting for the same reasons. At lower speeds, more of the hull in the water plus the foils is more resistance than the hulls alone, so at lower speeds you get a loss of performance. It's a tradeoff, but worth it up to a point.
Cabin ? Head ?
generator?
Yes.
I love that boat BUT if that bow wants to go a little faster than the stern,
I'll keep looking.
Only when going sideways...How fast did you need to go sideways? Just take it easy on the throttle
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No out of sun ventilation? Not a south florida boat
Go to 8:40 and watch to 8:59.
Why don´t you use knots instead of mph? Great channel otherwise :)
Nitpicking.
Here's mine: beverage receptical and trash receptical. How bout cupholder and trashcan.
Probably trying to appeal to the 1st time boat buyer/owner.
И сколько стоит такая красота?
I have looked at every video on UA-cam featuring this oat and not one person spoke or showed storage areas in the staterooms, there’s two drawers beneath each berth: how deep are they? Are they regular size or are they the length of the berth, two doors in the head are these storage or utility? Would have been nice to have shown this.
Why should the price always be such a secret? Why can you just say "Boat starts at $200,000 and up"! Makes me want to unsubscribe!
600k plus.
700k with soft top. Hard top a little extra 800k
I agree that it's VERY frustrating the best boat reviewer on UA-cam fails to include one of the MOST important details.
That being said, you can usually find the info on line with a quick google search.
@@logicreversed18t google search is not always right.... depends on allot of things, have you asked google how much a girl per hour would cost on that boat? What extras would she have or could deliver? May(e google knows that too?
@@henryxavier3751 A girl per hour? Grow up.
Google will absolutely help someone get an idea what a boat like this costs. It's really not that hard. Also, if you're an ACTUAL potential buyer, go to your local Aquila dealer and find out - that's what I did.
Boats need to start using auto gears, because the miles per gallon on boats these days is not good enough. 0.9 per gallon?
Love it.... do you take kidneys for down payment. I'll keep my eyes open for a used one in a couple years. My wife would shit a twinkie.
Can you use a boat lift on this with the hydrofoil?
Why in the world would anyone buy one of these without foils?
Thought the same thing at first, but looking into it they increase draft the boat’s overall draft, risk of damage from running aground, damage from hitting debris, general concerns about their long term structural integrity, lower fuel efficiency at lower speed. They seem to be only great while running high speeds
$20k+ buys a lot of fuel
Jeezus. 23 gph at cruise speed?😳. WTH can afford that?!
I'm a big fan of the foil assist, like the layout just not ever going to buy a "Made in China" boat. My family deserves better quality on the open ocean.
This test is only for a paid endorsement. It shows the best case of a few things, but omits everything else. I won't use boattest in my decision making when I get a new boat.
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46 GPH !!!………My airplane goes 200kts and burns12GPH.
My truck is about 9 mpg!
We should all fly! Hahahahahaha
You are too funny!
Welcome to boats
Horrible looking lump of white plastic. But great use of space and interior design. Needs teak decks at least to soften design.
I agree. The exterior looks are definitely the downside of this boat.
Looks easy enough to operate.