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 BOAT TEST: 2006 Hampton 740 Pilothouse
BOAT SPECIFICATIONS
Boat Type: Sportfisherman
Base Price: not available
Optional Power: none
Length Overall (LOA): 75'0" (w/ swim platform)
Beam: Beam: 18'2"
Draft: Draft: 4'10"
Weight: 93,500 lbs.
Fuel Capacity: 1,500 gal.
Water Capacity: 400 gal.
Test Engines: 2/1,000-hp Caterpillar C18 diesel inboards
Price As Tested: $2,250,000

By Capt. Patrick Sciacca

She’s part long-range cruiser, part yacht, and part sportfisherman. And although the Hampton 740 is part of the Shanghai, China-based boatbuilder’s Pilothouse line, she’s a true yachtfisherman.

I recently sea trialed the 740 off Marina Del Ray, California, and the first evidence I saw of this was in her teak-sole cockpit, a six-foot extension Hampton added to its popular 680 Pilothouse. Here I immediately noticed two in-deck, gasketed fishboxes that, while not fitted with macerators, could easily handle a dozen or so albacore. Two other fishy features here that caught my eye were cockpit tackle stowage and an in-transom stowage/fishbox/livewell. Hampton designers cleverly shortened the optional skylounge overhang to prevent it from covering the after-most section of the cockpit, and thus there’s no chance of hitting it during a hard hook set.

a d v e r t i s e m e n t

But this boat is about more than just an extra six feet of LOA, some fish-fighting space, and a couple of fishboxes. One of the biggest changes is the addition of that skylounge. This $100,000 option gives the 740 an extra enclosed living space, and that still-mammoth overhang also provides an alfresco entertaining space and room to mount a davit for the tender. The skylounge, which on my test boat featured an upper helm (a lower helm is also available), has frameless smoked-glass windows on the house sides and clear windows in front. Visibility up here was clear forward, to port, and to starboard, but while at the wheel I decided that the best aft view was via the cockpit camera displayed on one of two NecVox displays (engine-room views are also available). Indeed, to back her into a slip, I’d use the starboard cockpit controls.

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The force required to lift and propel 45-plus tons of boat is formidable. But as seen here, twin 1,000-hp Cats are well suited to the challenge.


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