With a sense of detachment, or perhaps even boredom, the pilot of the Pro Sports ProKat 2800CC watches the largest wake either he or the co-pilot has ever seen heading toward them. Generated by a multi-million-dollar high-speed yacht lumbering on plane, the five-foot-high wake dwarfs the surrounding three-foot seas. 'How fast do you want to take it?' asks the captain. 'I don't care,' comes the answer. Reducing the speed to 20 mph seems like a prudent maneuver, and as the catamaran's hulls rise against the steep wall of water, the riders brace themselves as the boat goes airborne high enough to hear the props break free of the water. They seem to hang motionless before gravity gets busy and sets them down on the water with a resounding 'whoomp.' Despite the fact they had launched about twice as high into the air as they'd anticipated, the soft landing is almost as surprising.

Advancing the throttles on the pair of 115-hp Suzuki 4-strokes pushes the ProKat 2800 past the 30-mph mark as they glide over the three-foot chop that now seems much smaller. Of course, when you are aboard a catamaran that measures more than 29 feet long with an almost 10-foot beam, all sense of perspective goes out the window. Either everything is huge or the occupants are shrinking.

The extra room a cat affords is especially evident in the 2800's bow area. Featuring a huge rearward-facing lounge seat with a wraparound back, the impressive width makes it a great sunning pad that can accommodate anyone not playing center in the NBA. The cushions are removable and can be stowed for fishing adventures. With the cushions gone, more dry storage is revealed.

The shape of the 2800 will fool you into thinking you are on a monohull. The profile is sleek and sporty with its pointy snout, looking the part of an offshore center console. When aboard, you will notice the bow doesn't have the twin-horned appearance that most cats sport, but instead has a blunt taper, punctuated by the pulpit, which has an anchor roller and an adjacent locker with the storage capacity to hold more than enough line to fish the deepest reefs. The line feeds through a separate stainless-steel aperture with a wide enough opening to be able to feed the line back through easily when the anchor is raised. The foredeck is huge and would make a great casting deck when sight casting for species such as cobia or for throwing a cast net. There is a pair of hatches that open to reveal a storage compartment long enough to stow a pair of rods in the built-in racks and is even lockable.

The fishing cockpit has enough room to host a square dance and is free of obstructions. There is a pair of stern jump seats in each corner that can be folded down flat against the transom or can be easily removed. They feature small backrests for comfort and have an aluminum tube support for the seat bottoms that wedges securely into the corner where the deck meets the transom to prevent accidental fold-ups.