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2003 POWERQUEST 380 "AVENGER"

POKER RUN EDITION

ALONG WITH A VANGUARD 16,000# TRI-AXLE TRAILER

WITH ELECTRIC OVER HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM, SPARE TIRE,

ELECTRIC TONGUE JACK AND TOOL BOX

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Custom 16,000# Vanguard Trailer and other options that were added. Full length storage cover, Cockpit cover, bimini top, side curtains and aft curtains, windshield (replaced the windscreen), added electric over hydraulic brake system on the trailer, took out the TV/VCR and added a flat screen/DVD player, New Garmin 382C GPS with multiple chips for navigation, New big expensive Pioneer 10 speaker with 2 woofers – killer stereo system and a few other little options. This is the factory built special edition with a special paint scheme. I have a file I can email explaining all about the boat. Boat is in pristine condition with 135 hrs., Twin Mercury Racing 525 EFI's w/ XR drives. Fastest it has ever run is 85.4 mph on the GPS. Hydromotive 5 blade props with a spare set of labbed Bravo I props. The gallery/cabin has 67" (5' 7") headroom. We weighed it a couple different ways, but figured it at about 12,500# with all the gear and fluids and trailer

ARTICLE FROM POWERBOAT MAGAZINE * APRIL '03*

[2003 PERFORMANCE REPORTS] BOOSTER SHOT Powerquest punches up its 380 Avenger. Story by staff

Call it synergy. Call it a renewed commitment to the company. Call it whatever you like, but Powerquest is on the move. Since Grand Products president Jack Moll purchased Power-quest Boats almost two years ago, we've noticed a couple of welcomed trends: a renewed commitment to quality and an eye toward customization.

One look at the 380 Avenger's trick paint scheme will tell you that. But in keeping with its industrial Michigan roots, Powerquest seems to be interested in repeatability, something that ensures all its customers get the same high level of quality that boating magazines do.

"I've tried to really address detail on every unit we've got, to bring it up to standards for 2003," said Powerquest President Jack Moll. "Again, attention to detail. I find that a lot of the little things make the product. We've just put a lot into attention to detail."

PERFORMANCE
Introduced in 1995, the 380 Avenger had a stepped-bottom added in 1998. The result is a modified V-pad keel with two aft-vented steps approximately 10 and 13 feet forward of the transom, which featured a 10-inch notch. Of the four strakes, only the outer continued through all three running surfaces. The inner terminated at the first step.

Powerquest brought the boat with Mercury Racing's new HP525EFI engines with Bravo One 1.5:1 XR drives, the Integrated Transom System and Bravo One 15 1/4" x 33" stainless props. The boat also came with Arneson Rocker Tabs mounted traditionally.

The package worked well, especially when you bear in mind the approximate 8,500-pound weight and its tall hullsides. Propped for top speed, the 380 took some throttle to bring on plane, 9.4 seconds with the Arneson tabs down. This caused a loss of horizon for some of that time. Along with the 5,000 rpm the boat hit at full throttle, that made our test team think this boat would be better suited with lower-pitch props, such as a 32" set or maybe even a 30" pair.

It still might have broken 80 mph with 32s and throttle response likely would have been better. Propped as it was, the Avenger hit a top speed of 81.8 mph on radar. Even with the big wheels on, it galloped from 30 to 50 mph in 5.3 seconds. Not bad, as were the 7.4 seconds it took to go from 40 to 60 mph.

In standing-start drills, the boat hit 27 mph in 10 seconds and 57 mph in twice that. Cruising speed was fantastic, yielding 51 mph at 3,500 rpm which makes getting home fast enough without having to wring the giblets out of the engines.

In offshore conditions, we found that the 380 Avenger worked better in head-on and following seas than it did in quartering conditions. And we're not certain that points to any shortcoming on the boat's part. Rather, the Arneson Rocker Tabs were great for adding a bit of speed, but not as good as K-Planes for settling it down when cutting across the seas. Tracking, however, was first-rate at all speeds.

	From left: In addition to the usual collection of Gaffrig by Livorsi gauges at the helm, the 380 Avenger was equipped with a chart plotter and compass. The cabin had plenty of headroom and the air conditioning kept it cool. In the cockpit, Powerquest carried the custom graphics through to the very-trick shock-absorbing bolsters.

WORKMANSHIP
It's always nice to see boats get better year after year, and Powerquest continues to build upon its early success. Gelcoat application and mold work were top notch. On top of that, Powerquest applied custom paint rendered by The Art of Design and done in-house with DuPont Chromabase finishes.

Beneath the shiny stuff, Powerquest fills the strakes with putty and hand laminates balsa coring into the hull and deck, which are screwed together and bonded with Plexus adhesive.

In the bilge, the Avenger came with twin Mercury Racing HP525EFI engines mounted on Mercury race mounts with L-angles through-bolted to the stringers. The hatch opened on a single electric screw jack bolted to the keel stringer. The hatch also was stabilized by gas struts attached to each gunwale.

GIL battery boxes held three 27-series batteries. Equipped with air conditioning and shore power, the Avenger also featured a battery charger under the hatch. With all that going on, rigging takes on a new importance in an offshore boat, which regularly sees what could charitably be called abuse. All wiring and plumbing was fairly well supported in cushion clamps and most of the wiring was covered in conduit.

INTERIOR
Without a doubt, the center attraction of the Avenger's interior was the Wave Impact Seating System. These ultra-cool tripodal bolsters featured variable-rate springs and hydraulic shock absorbers in each pedestal.

The seat bottoms also dropped out, but what's more, when they were in the up position, the bottom cushions also had a dual-spring action to them that helped keep your tailbone from being jarred. Every offshore boat should have seats this good.

At the helm station, Gaffrig by Livorsi supplied the tachometers and the peripheral gauges, the mechanical drive- and tab-trim indicators and the chromed throttle levers. Raymarine supplied the RC425 GPS and chart plotter. In case the GPS goes south while underway, the helm also came with a magnetic Ritchie compass.

Inside the cabin, which featured more headroom than darn near any other offshore V-bottom on the market, Powerquest kept things simple-always a plus in our book-yet executed with exemplary fit and finish.

For example, the suspended headliner joined in the middle, forming an arrow-straight line fore and aft, and the sides aligned with the valances evenly and cleanly. The V-berth also featured ample headroom and plush padding and materials.

Aft of the V-berth, the U-shape lounges featured more stowage and a receptacle for a dinette table. The dinette likely will come in handy on long weekends, when you cook in the Sanyo microwave the food you kept in the Norco refrigerator. And you can enjoy it in air-conditioned comfort.

OVERALL
It's difficult to get everything you want in an offshore boat, be it 80-plus mph performance, cabin headroom, spoil-you-rotten amenities or high build quality. But these are just part of the package in Powerquest's 380 Avenger.

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