Sportfishtrader offers a great selection of Custom Carolina Center Console Boats For Sale. But we also have the efficiency and the torque of diesel inboards. The Carolina Express boat almost exclusively had inboard diesel engines in the past, but as of writing this in 2022 many owners have opted for outboard. Everything came together, and it's performing just as it would if it was an outboard boat. So combining the step-bottom boat and the higher mounting of a setback transom, I wouldn't say it posed challenges, but it required things to be overcome that hadn't been done before. So this was an opportunity to say, 'what if we put these Aquamatic drives on a setback transom?' Meaning, we would mount them at the exact same height as you'd mount a traditional outboard, which is going to give you a shallower draught than a traditional transom. There's actually a set back, or a step up, at the transom area allowing you to mount the outboards higher and still have the water come off the running surface and up over the propellers. Whereas, with the more performance boats, ourselves included, everybody has gone to a setback transom, meaning the running surface of the hull ends two or two and a half feet ahead of where the engines are mounted. They run the bottom of their boat all the way to the transom and hang their motors deep in order to keep the propeller in proper relation to the running surface. Let's take a Grady-White for example, and that's not picking on anyone, it's a known and well respected hull design. With traditional V-bottom boats the running surface goes all the way to the transom. You typically don't see inboard boats having a twin-step running surface. "The biggest unknown was it's a step-bottom boat. They know how limited the opportunities are to achieve those speeds in most real world boating conditions, but they can truly do a 40-42 mph cruise that hangs with any quad outboard boat out there." They don't feel the need to go that fast anymore. But our customer base is not a younger customer base, they're not in their 30's or 40's, they've been there, done that. The only sacrifice is we're getting 51-52 mph top end versus with twin 600 outboards you'd be getting 62 mph, and with quad 400 outboards you'll see 72 mph on the top end. So we're getting 40-42 mph, we're getting a mile and a quarter per gallon. Once we actually built the boat and splashed it, we found that to be the case. And it's that perceived image of 'quad engines is cool.' So this was an opportunity to ask, what is a realistic expectation in a customer's mind? Is it top end speed? Or is it cruise? We felt we could achieve the same cruising speeds as the outboards we're seeing, but in theory get 40% better efficiency. (Volvo Penta) looked at it in the context of their green initiative and asked, 'why aren't people talking more about efficiency?' I think everybody has that in their head, or on the tip of their tongue, but nobody is talking about it. "The conversation is always 'more engines, more horsepower.' Subsequently, if you're going to hang more engines with more horsepower, you'll need more fuel. Additionally, the obstruction-free transom and optional Tuna door make landing a big catch that much more convenient.For Albrecht, the starting point was understanding what's driving the current market. No longer will they have to avoid engines, drives or props when they’ve hooked the big one. Unlike center console boats powered by outboards or stern drives, the inboard design of the 26 CC gives fisherman use of the stern again. Her clean design also maximizes unobstructed deck space allowing 360º unimpeded fishing, giving the fish no quarter. With today's diesel engines, one gets the gas advantages of responsive, low end torque and quietness which is combined with the diesel's extremely good fuel economy, reliability and low maintenance costs. With standard diesel power the high-speed hull planes quickly and delivers high cruising speeds with surprising economy. The Albin 26 Center Console’s inboard diesel engine sips fuel while offering low maintenance, reliability and tremendous range. Gas prices are poised to hit $4 dollars this summer cost of labor is way up, and there is an ever-shrinking supply of moorings and slips making big boat ownership costs and maintenance untenable. She performs the role of a much larger boat, but with the convenience and economics of a small one. In this demanding time we live, the Albin 26 Center Console is the perfect platform for the avid fisherman.
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