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Outerlimits Adding Canopied Version Of SC 37 Catamaran
When it comes to building unforgettable canopied V-bottoms—think Mamba and Kahuna —and catamarans—think Jet and Hurry Up —no company does a better job than Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats . Of course, canopied offerings are the unicorns of the high-performance pleasure-boating world and they’re definitely not for everyone. But the Bristol, R.I., company has a knack for creating perfectly proportioned catamarans and V-bottoms for clients who prefer to have roof over their heads they hit the water.
High-performance catamaran buyers who prefer to have a roof over their heads will have that option with the upcoming canopied version of the Outerlimits SC 37. Photo by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix .
So it was only natural that Outerlimits would release a canopied version of its outboard engine-powered SC 37 catamaran. According to national sales manager Dan Kleitz, the Outerlimits crew began considering the option before the first 37-footer was released in late 2021. Like its open-cockpit sibling, six of which have been built and delivered so far, the six-seat canopied version will be powered by outboards from Mercury Racing .
“We already have three on order,” he said earlier this week. “It’s going to be a canopied pleasure boat, not a canopied raceboat converted for pleasure use. So it will have all the amenities and features you expect in an outboard-powered pleasure cat. We’re very excited about that model.”
Outerlimits will begin creating the deck tooling for the 37-foot cat this spring—the company already has the hull molds. The first model should be complete in early 2024.
“We’re doing all the canopy design in house,” said Kleitz. “We don’t think we’ll need to change anything, but if there are any hull modifications needed we’ll turn to Steve Curtis, who helped us with the original SC 37.”
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Year In Review Sneak Peek: Outerlimits Goes Outboard Cat
The first Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats SC 37 catamaran—as in hull No. 1—we set up for photographer Pete Boden to capture in Key West, Fla., last month is a lot different than any other cat from the Bristol, R.I., custom powerboat company. Unlike the 46-foot, Mercury Racing stern-drive-engine-equipped Outerlimits cats created for Burton and Yvette Kirsten of Michigan and Washington’s Jason and Laurie Moe, the 37-footer is powered by Mercury Racing 450R outboard engines and is the first outboard-exclusive model from the builder.
Even in plain white with a few accents, the Outerlimits SC 37 catamaran is a knock-out. Photo by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix .
And obviously, the open-cockpit SC 37 is a whole lot smaller than its canopied siblings.
Equally obvious? The SC 37 cat was simply white with a few accents, far from elaborate but nothing short of beautiful.
Still, we can’t wait to see one all dressed up. Kentucky-based paint wizard Stephen Miles of Stephen Miles Design handled the graphics for the Kirsten’s Jet and the Moe’s Hurry Up catamarans and he’ll be getting his hands on an SC 37 in early 2022. The famed graphics man can’t wait.
Just as we couldn’t wait to see the first SC 37 cat for ourselves. That the new model took longer than expected is old news, and we’ve been following the project since it was nothing more than a hush-hush idea. We were confident the finished product would be a beauty and we were weren’t wrong.
And as you can see from the image up top, the boat made it in time for the final photo shoot for our 2021 Speed On The Water Year In Review print edition, which goes to the printer this Friday.
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Outerlimits Delivers First 39-Foot Pleasure Catamaran
Powered by twin Mercury Racing turbocharged 1100 engines, the first 39-foot pleasure catamaran from Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats was delivered to Michigan performance boater Burton Kirsten, who ordered the all-carbon 39-foot canopied boat last year.
The new Outerlimits 39 SC catamaran is going to be at next week’s Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Missouri. Photo courtesy Keith Burk
Kirsten picked up the second 39 SC from Outerlimits—the first one is an Ilmor-powered raceboat built by the Spirit of Qatar offshore racing team—after a quick test session on Friday with Outerlimits consultant Steve Curtis, the manager/throttleman for the Qatar outfit, and hauled the boat back to Michigan to show it off on Lake St. Clair on Sunday.
“Dan Kleitz and the entire Outerlimits team did a great job with the boat,” said Kirsten, who is planning to bring the 39-footer to the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout next week. “They had to do a lot of engineering to make a canopy that wasn’t planned from the beginning. Overall the boat is amazing. The paintwork handled by Stephen Miles Design is great and the new Outerlimits interior looks and feels awesome. I’m grateful that Steve Curtis took the time to fly into Bristol (R.I.) and run the boat with me to test some prop options.”
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Check out the slideshow above for more images of the new 39-foot Outerlimits courtesy of Burton Kirsten.
According to Kleitz, who called the boat “bad ass,” the 39 SC reached 150 mph during the crew’s brief initial testing. With the right set of props, which Outerlimits is ordering for Kirsten, Kleitz believes the boat should reach a top speed in the high-150-mph or low-160-mph range.
“We didn’t have much time to set up the boat and test it, but the things runs as good as it looks,” Kleitz said. “I think Burton is very happy with it. It’s going to get a lot of attention wherever he takes it that’s for sure.”
Kleitz said Outerlimits’ new clear, carbon-fiber, sit-down-style seats work well in the catamaran, which features three Garmin GPS displays, full air conditioning and seating for six in the cockpit that is the same size as the one Outerlimits uses for its 46-foot catamaran.
Editor’s note: Look for a full report on the 39 SC from next week’s Lake of the Ozarks Shootout and in the next issue of Speed On The Water magazine.
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Offered through Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats this 2022 model-year SC 37 catamaran is powered by Mercury Racing 450R outboard engines with 147 operating hours. The 37-foot cat was the first SC 37 model to be built by the Bristol, R.I., company and boasts a new wrap from Massachusetts-based Adpro Design. According to the company's Dan Kleitz ...
After yesterday's test session on Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay in a 37-foot Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats catamaran he helped design, Steve Curtis paused to marvel at how far things have come since he entered the performance-boating world several decades ago. "It really is incredible," said Curtis, a multi-time offshore racing ...
Bringing diehard V-bottom owners into the catamaran fold is becoming a habit for Dan Kleitz, the general manager of Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats in Bristol, R.I. He did it in early December with an SC 37 catamaran powered by twin Mercury Racing 450R outboard engines he sold to a once-devout V-bottom owner in Massachusetts to close out the year.
The company is in the process of bonding together the boat's post-cured, carbon-fiber-and-epoxy hull and deck, which gave Dan Kleitz, Jason Amaral and the rest of the Outerlimits crew their first look at a "real" 37-footer. The first Outerlimits SC 37 catamaran is taking shape and the company reportedly has several more orders in line.
Hull And Deck Together For Outerlimits SC 37 Catamaran Created: November 6, 2020 by: Written by Matt Trulio The team at Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats in Bristol, R.I., moved one step closer to producing its first 37-foot outboard engine-powered this week. The company is in the process of bonding t...
Check out the slideshow above for angles of the hull and deck for the first 37-foot Outerlimits catamaran. Standard features will include a 22-inch Garmin GPS unit and a Garmin digital switching system, two nine-inch Mercury VesselView monitors, Livorsi Marine throttles and shifters, a JL Audio stereo system, SeaDek flooring, engine brackets and CNC propellers.
The first Outerlimits SC 37 catamaran is in the testing stages and already impressing the team that created it.
Though the MacLeod's SL 50X was a beautiful beast, their 37-foot catamaran will be easier for the couple to manage. Photo by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix. Related stories Outerlimits Adding Eight-Seat Open-Cockpit 46 SC Catamaran Outerlimits SC 37 Catamaran No. 7 Going To Legacy Client
But the fourth SC 37, which will go to Minnesota's Jeremy Tschida, is getting the full paint treatment by Miles and his crew. The 37-footer takes color cues from Tschida's other Outerlimits, a 2015 model-year open-cockpit SC 46 dubbed Topless and powered by Mercury Racing 1350 engines. Miles and company also painted that 46-footer.
Outerlimits introduced a 48-foot catamaran in 2007 and completed one this year for UIM Class 1 offshore racing. ... The first Outerlimits was a 37-footer that Fiore built in a leased 2,000-square-foot industrial unit in the town of Holbrook on New York's Long Island. Fiore had a second 2,000-square-foot unit in which he did service work ...
Outerlimits SC 37 catamaran No. 5 will be at the Audrain Newport Concours and Motor Week event this weekend in this weekend.
High-performance catamaran buyers who prefer to have a roof over their heads will have that option with the upcoming canopied version of the Outerlimits SC 37. Photo by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 Thrill Pix.
Based in Massachusetts, a longtime, privacy-loving Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats customer will soon have a new Outerlimits SC 37 catamaran to enjoy. Though the twin Mercury Racing 450R outboard engine-powered catamaran will be the ninth SC 37 built by the Bristol, R.I., company it will be a first for its owner.
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Offered through Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats this 2022 model-year SC 37 catamaran is powered by Mercury Racing 450R outboard engines with 147 operating hours. The 37-foot...
The Mercury Racing 450R outboard engine-powered, all carbon-fiber 37-footer was introduced in August 2021, and hull No. 7 is headed for Canadian Benji Mastronardi, the identical twin brother of Chris Mastronardi. Boasting a Stephen Miles Design paintjob, the latest SC 37 build from Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats could be the prettiest one yet.
Coming to the Miami Beach Convention Center this month, this 37-foot catamaran was wrapped by AdPro Design in graphics created by Stephen Miles Design. Owned by offshore racer and longtime Outerlimits client Vinnie Diorio of Wisconsin, the SC 37 for the convention center exhibit is ready to go. The cat was wrapped by AdPro Design, a ...
The first Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats SC 37 catamaran—as in hull No. 1—we set up for photographer Pete Boden to capture in Key West, Fla., last...
Dan Kleitz, the national sales manager for Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats, departed the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout and Super Cat Fest in Central Missouri a little more than a week ago with two contingent sales of the Bristol, R.I., company's new SC 37 catamaran. The contingency, according to Kleitz, was the production of hull No. 1 so the prospective buyers could actually see it.
Jeremy Tschida's Outerlimits SC 37 catamaran is the first with a complete paintjob from Stephen Miles Design. But the fourth SC 37, which will go to Minnesota's Jeremy Tschida, is getting the full paint treatment by Miles and his crew. The 37-footer takes color cues from Tschida's other Outerlimits, a 2015 model-year open-cockpit SC 46 ...
During yesterday's delivery of the first Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats SC 37 catamaran to its Connecticut-based owner, Dan Kleitz—the Bristol, R.I., company's longtime lead salesman—managed to grab a couple of iPhone pictures of the boat's cockpit. Kleitz, who was supposed to make it to the Lake Champlain Poker Run today in Vermont ...
The first Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats SC 37 catamaran—as in hull No. 1—we set up for photographer Pete Boden to capture in Key West, Fla., last month is a lot different than any other cat from the Bristol, R.I., custom powerboat company. Unlike the 46-foot, Mercury Racing stern-drive-engine-equipped Outerlimits cats created for Burton and Yvette Kirsten of Michigan and Washington's ...
Powered by twin Mercury Racing turbocharged 1100 engines, the first 39-foot pleasure catamaran from Outerlimits Offshore Powerboats was delivered to Michigan performance boater Burton Kirsten, who ordered the all-carbon 39-foot canopied boat last year. The new Outerlimits 39 SC catamaran is going to be at next week's Lake of the Ozarks Shootout in Missouri. Photo courtesy Keith Burk