2008 Africat 420 ‘Africa 3’: A Lightly-Used Florida Powercat
Filmed dockside in Fort Lauderdale, this walkthrough with Alexis de Boucaud of The Multihull Company introduces M/Y AFRICA 3, a 2008 Africat Marine 420 that has spent virtually its entire life in the Florida Keys. Originally sold to an American owner who kept her at Ocean Reef in Key Largo, she’s now with her second owners, a liveaboard couple who have invested meaningfully in the boat over the past year.
The headline numbers are appealing: roughly 700 hours on the twin Volvo IPS 500 pod drives, a freshly sandblasted and epoxy-barrier-coated bottom, and a brand-new 10-foot Highfield tender with a new Honda four-stroke on the davits.…