CUTWATER C-288 Coupe
Boating|November 2022
Family cruiser, dock-hopping party boat, blood-on-deck fishing machine, or serious dive boat? The Cutwater C-288 Coupe surely offers versatility. This boat also comes with standards that other boatbuilders charge for, such as a Garmin 8612xsv touchscreen display with sonar, xHD radar, autopilot, bow thruster with remote, windlass, inverter, solar panel, heat and air conditioning, barbecue and more.
CUTWATER C-288 Coupe

I found the Cutwater C-288 Coupe fun to run. Powered by twin Yamaha F250s, the double-stepped hull planes smoothly and easily. I measured a zippy zero-to-50 mph in 24 seconds. The 10-foot beam adds cabin space but provides stability underway banking into sharp 40 mph turns. Small indentations in the hull (think divots on a golf ball) that Cutwater calls Laminar Flow Interrupters improve cornering. At 3,800 rpm, I looped around at 30 mph and barely slowed down, even in hard turns. A speed of 36.7 mph consumes 26.9 gph (1.37 mpg), providing a cruising range of 246 miles with a 10 percent reserve in the tank.

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