Catamaran Helm Comparisons
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The Antares 44i catamaran has the best designed and most complete helm of any cruising catamaran. No other cruising catamaran has a standard 12" chart plotter. Only the Antares offers a complete engine instrumentation panel at the helm. No other cruising catamaran offers a glass windshield with wipers, and a full enclosure. |
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The poor layout of this competitor's helm station includes a steering wheel typically found on a powerboat and minimal engine instruments in hard to read locations. |
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Other than tachometers, there are no other engine gauges. The "flying bridge" helm location not only isolates you from dock access, it offers very little weather protection.
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This helm is positioned in an exposed area and offers no weather protection. There is very little engine instrumentation and it's difficult to see where you would place a chart plotter. |
Enclosure Comparisons
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The full enclosure on the Antares 44 is NOT an afterthought. From day one, the boat was designed to accommodate a removable weather enclosure coordinated with a permanent hardtop.
The enclosure creates a large, separate living area for all weather conditions, and provides a protected helm position. |
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There are a lot of boats built for vacations. This enclosure is ideal for sun protection but is inefficient for weather protection and makes no provision for a full enclosure. |
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While this may be a large sun shield, there is no visible way of closing the cockpit area for weather protection. |
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Compare the Antares catamaran helm and full enclosure with our competitor's to see the differences for yourself.
