Sacs Marine’s Maxi Ribs are well-known not only for their modern and innovative design but also for their excellent performance and unparalleled comfort at sea. Not surprisingly, the Strider 11 Limousine, despite her sedcutive and easy-going appearance, turns into a marine predator as soon as we give fuel to the two Mercury outboards, 300HP each. At 2,500 rpm and little more than 11 knots, in fact, the boats gets up on plane.
Today, the waves do not seem particularly insidious, so we seize the opportunity to accelerate up over 24 knots: the tubes do not vibrate, the hull is perfectly stable and, in the console, we feel comfortable and safe. Acceleration is excellent and linear. View is perfect and the windscreen protects us from the wind efficiently.
After performing a series of increasingly tighter turns, we resume the 30-knot cruising speed. Consumption is great: at 4,500 rpm, the boat is using just 42 l/h per engine.
With the trim slightly up, we push the gas throttles forward to see what the Strider 11 is made of. At 5,500 rpm, the boat reaches a speed of 44 knots; at 6,000 rpm, the speed increases up to 44.7 knots. Not bad for the propulsion installed on board which, suggested by the shipyard, is certainly not particularly powerful for a 11.5-meter boat. Sacs Marine’s staff, in fact, assures that the Strider 11 can reach a top speed of 48 knots.
Still excited, we head back to the Marina di Varazze, seduced but not abandoned: we will back on the attractive and performing Strider 11 Limousine very soon.
Sacs Strider 11 Limousine: Performance
Rpm | Knots | L/h | L/nm |
600 | 3.1 | 5.8 | 1.8 |
1,000 | 5 | 10.8 | 2 |
1,500 | 7.3 | 16.6 | 2.2 |
2,000 | 9 | 28.6 | 3.2 |
2,500 | 11.4 | 40 | 3.4 |
3,000 | 15.6 | 46 | 2.9 |
3,500 | 22.7 | 60 | 2.6 |
4,000 | 24 | 70 | 2.8 |
4,500 | 30 | 84 | 2.8 |
5,000 | 35 | 110 | 3 |
5,500 | 44 | 174 | 3.8 |
6,000 | 44.7 | 192 | 4.2 |