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Bold Statement On the boat or from the beach, Domn8er Power Boats’ 25 Deckboat makes a strong and positive statement.
Those were the primary colors in the 25 Deckboat from Domn8er Power Boats that we evaluated for this roundup and, like its color scheme, the catamaran-based 25-footer madea strong impression on our Test Team. Domn8er powered the 25 Deckboat with a 550-horsepower MV-10 engine from Ilmor Marine, an ideal choice for the boat. With a 1.5:1-geared Teague Custom Marine Platinum drive on the transom and a 26"-pitch Bravo One propeller on the business end of the drive, the boat topped out at 81.4 mph with the engine turning 5,400 rpm. With the engine running at a fuel- and maintenance-saving 4,500 rpm, the boat ran around 70 mph. From stopped in the water, the 25 Deckboat came on plane in a brisk 3.2 seconds and reached 74 mph in 20 seconds. The V-10 engine also proved potent when it came to midrange performance, as the boat ran from 30 to 50 mph in 4.6 seconds, from 40 to 60 mph in 5.1 seconds and from 40 to 70 mph in 8.7 seconds. The 25 Deckboat’s handling manners were excellent at all speeds. So, too, was its tracking and ride quality. “With the Ilmor 550 engine, this is just a happy boat,” said lead test driver Bob Teague. “It’s the perfect size engine, it provides perfect balance and the boat carves and handles really well. And there are no rattles.” Accounting for the absence of rattles in the 25 Deckboat was Domn8er’s top-shelf build quality. Completely dressed up in billet hardware, including grab handles and swim platforms from Eddie Marine, the model boasted bright gelcoat—as you’d expect with orange—and smooth tooling. Solid rigging in the engine compartment included a plate mount and through-bolted L-angles securing the power plant, along with good layout and support of the wiring, cables and hoses.
For seating, Domn8er went with a layout that’s fairly standard for custom deck boats, meaning facing lounges up front and an L-shape lounge opposite the starboard-side helm bucket in the cockpit. Though the boat had no in-sole stowage, it did have lockers in the molded consoles aft of the bow lounges, as well as under most of the seat-bottom cushions. The helm was simple yet attractive. All of the Livorsi Marine gauges were mounted in silver bezels and orange rims. An Eddie Marine Elite Series throttle-and-shifter unit was in the molded extension from the starboard gunwale. An acrylic wind deflector was mounted on a stainless-steel bracket on the dash. Even with a sticker of more than $120,000, the Domn8er 25 Deckboat is a lot of boat for the money. It performs beautifully—OK, it’s a kick to drive—and is constructed with obvious care and expertise. And it can handle a bunch of friends and family, as long as they don’t mind standing out from the crowd.—Matt Trulio Specifications |
