You drive a Bentley, wear a Rolex, drink Dom Perignon, and you love to fish — but only with the same level of luxury and style? Step aboard a Formula 457 Center Console and bask in its glory, because this center console yacht is bound to become the Gucci of the Gulf Stream.
We were on the 457 Center Console Sport at the Miami International Boat Show, and realized in short order that Formula has taken their 387 Center Console models up to true yacht levels with this larger version. Eye-popping touches included an air-conditioned bridgedeck with two-row seating including inductive phone chargers for every seat, a console cabin with 6’6” headroom and full accommodations for weekending aboard, triple 22” MFDs at the helm, and a Rockford Fosgate stereo system so potent it seemed to move the boat along at two or three mph with the engines shut down.
The 457 Center Console Fish is the angling-inclined version, and it spices up the mix with goodies like a pair of 50-gallon pressurized livewells, a 280-gallon fishbox, fold-away aft seating, and rodholders galore. Note that although Formula is historically a builder of performance and pleasure boats, they brought some serious fish-heads aboard for the creation of the 387 Center Console Fish and applied that angling acuity to the 457 as well.
Of course, you can’t lay claim to iconic luxury status without also delivering the goods in the performance department. The 457 Center Consoles run on triple V12 Mercury Verado 7.6L 600-hp outboards. They deliver a cruise in the upper 40s and a top-end breaching the 60-mph mark. That also means you get all the cool new tech and perks that go along with those groundbreaking powerplants, like independently articulating lower units, two-speed automatic transmissions, electro-hydraulic steering, and enough torque to get an African bush elephant on plane in 3.2 seconds. But performance isn’t all about the horsepower. This hull carries Formula’s twin-stepped, multiplane 22-degree deadrise hull design, backed up by a resin-encapsulated cross-framed foam-filled stringer and bulkhead system.
You thought there wasn’t a center console yacht built to your standards? Guess again. And when you go for the sea trial, don’t forget the Dom.
Formula 457 Center Console Fish Specifications
- LOA – 49’1”
- Beam – 13’9”
- Displacement – 32,100 lbs.
- Draft – 4’6”
- Transom Deadrise – 22 degrees
- Fuel Capacity – 700 gal.
- Max. Power – 1800 hp
- Area Dealers – Rhode River Boat Sales, Edgewater, MD, (410) 798-4445.