Aquila 28 Molokai
May 03, 2022
4 minutes
—Charlie Levine
LOA: 30'9"
Beam: 9'9"
Draft: 2'6"
Displ.: 6,166 lbs. (dry with twin 150s)
Fuel: 150 gal.
Water: 16 gal.
Power: 2/200-hp Mercury Verados
With the forecast calling for 4- to 6-foot seas and a 15- to 20-knot offshore wind, I thought it might be a good idea to pack a raincoat. Not for rain, but for spray. Testing a 28-foot open boat in big seas sounded wet. And I was totally cool with that—actually, I was fired up about it. The Aquila 28 Molokai was made for these conditions, and I looked forward to seeing how this not-so-big cat handled big seas.
Aquila president and longtime catamaran innovator Lex Raas got the idea for
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