Today’s consumers have grown accustomed to having the products they buy be tailored to their specific needs and uses. Whether we are buying a new car or a new boat, we want it to be set up just the way we like it. This fact has not been lost on the management at Gemini Catamarans. The company has been building the Gemini 105MK II and the Gemini 35 for almost 30 years and has steadily innovated and improved the boats.
But the new Freestyle 37 is something completely new and different. With an open deck plan and a single helm aft, you can arrange the seating and floor plan in many different combinations. The 37 is essentially a daysailer with a small cabin and head forward.
If you are planning to use the boat as a cruiser for your family and friends, you can set up the open deck area with a large table, patio style furniture and even a grill and cooler. This arrangement would make the boat a wonderful platform for day excursions with friends to special little anchorages nearby or to beaches you can’t get to by car. And as a vehicle for cruising waterways and canals for sundowners in the evening, the Freesyle 37 will have few competitors. And, with a double berth and enclosed head, a couple could have a lot of fun spending a weekend aboard.
The 37 is also designed to be a great platform for commercial day party and harbor tour businesses. For those who want to be able to take folks out for a few hours and to serve snacks and even meals, the platform can be fitted with a long table on the centerline surrounded by chairs. More seats can be installed along the thwarts outboard and across the transom. Forward of the main floor area, there is a forward sunning berth that will fit four or five people.
As a pure head boat for harbor tours, the Freestyle 37 can be set up with rows of bench seats with life jacket storage under them that will allow a tour operator to carry up to 24 passengers on each cruise. This would be a perfect boat for a seaside resort, for a tour company, and for companies in resort cities where tourists like to get out on the water.
The boat has a very low initial cost and can be fitted out with a number of factory options. The basic Freestyle 37 comes with an outboard to power it. But twin diesel engines are an option that might make sense in areas where you will be going long distances. And there is a green option that offers electric motors, a large battery bank and an array of solar panels on top of the optional hard Bimini that covers the whole cockpit.
Like the Gemini cruising cats, the Gemini Freestyle 37 is built by Catalina Yachts in Florida for the Gemini company so each boat is constructed with all of the expertise and care that has made Catalina a leading boat builder in America for 50 years.
For more information contact Gemini Catamarans-Performance Cruising Inc.: www.geminicatamarans.com.
