Expert Review, Technical Specifications & Market Analysis
| Feature | Specifications |
|---|---|
| Overall Length | 48'0" |
| Beam | 14'6" |
| Draft | 2'2" |
| Displacement | 22,818 lbs |
| Engines | Twin Mercury Verado V12 (2 x 600 HP) |
| Fuel Capacity | 1,048 gal |
| Water Capacity | 80 gal |
| Cabins / Heads | 1 Cabin / 1 Head |
Source: Spec & Photos courtesy of Aquila. Specs verified by Tony Smith, USCG 100 Ton Master, on August 18, 2026.
You want to run to the canyons at first light and stay when the bite is worth staying for. The 47 Molokai puts a queen island berth and a full head inside a tournament center console.
Part of the Aquila Molokai series — see how owners step up through the lineup.
The 47 Molokai is the boat the Molokai line was building toward, and what separates it is that you can sleep aboard without apologising for the arrangement. The cabin under the console carries a queen-sized island berth, a wet head with shower and hot and cold water, 12,000 BTU of air conditioning, and blinds on the side and overhead glass. That is a genuine overnight space inside a center console catamaran, and it is the reason this boat exists rather than a longer 36.
The rest of it is a fishing platform built at a serious scale. Aquila publishes 1,048 gallons of fuel on a 48-foot hull, a 510-gallon mid-deck fishbox with a 100-gallon aft-deck box behind it, and a 90-gallon transom livewell pair, with hull-side boarding and dive doors port and starboard and seating certified for up to seventeen. Carbon fiber runs through the forward and aft main structural bulkheads and the hardtop, which is where the weight saving goes.
Settle the rig before anything else, because Aquila offers three and they are three different boats to own. Twin Mercury V12 600s, quad V10 400s, or quad V10 425s, with 400R and 500R packages on request — the specifications on this page describe the twin-600 installation. Aquila publishes no top or cruise speed on any of those packages, so every performance figure you are shown for this model came from someone else measuring a rig that may not be the one you are buying. Get observed numbers at your intended cruise from your own sea trial, in writing, on the package you have ordered. And remember that four outboards are four service schedules as well as four engines.
Video courtesy of Aquila.
Photos courtesy of Aquila.
The 47 Molokai measures 48'0" overall on a 45'8" hull and a 14'6" beam, drawing 2'2" with the motors up and 3'8" with them down. Bridgedeck clearance is 1'1", and the boat carries 1,048 gallons of fuel and 80 gallons of water.
Dry weight is 22,818 lbs and loaded displacement 33,400 lbs. Carbon fiber runs through the forward and aft main structural bulkheads and the hardtop — the yard's route to strength and rigidity without the weight that usually comes with it.
Aquila offers three outboard packages: twin Mercury V12 600s, quad V10 400s, or quad V10 425s, with 400R and 500R options on request. The specifications on this record are built on the twin-600 package.
Aquila publishes no top or cruise speed for the 47 Molokai on any of those packages. What it does publish is the fuel — 1,048 gallons on a 48-foot hull — and a CE Class B offshore certification for ten, which between them describe the intended range better than a headline number would.
The cabin under the console carries a queen-sized island berth, a wet head with shower and hot and cold water, air conditioning, blinds on the side and overhead glass, and a recessed television location. That is the part of the boat that separates it from a day-fishing center console.
On deck it is a 360-degree walkaround with hull-side boarding and dive doors port and starboard, three Stidd helm seats in the first row, and seating certified for up to 17. Fishing hardware runs to a 90-gallon transom livewell pair, a 510-gallon mid-deck fishbox and a 100-gallon aft-deck box, with in-deck livewells, tuna tubes and a summer kitchen on the options list.
The 47 sits at the top of Aquila's Molokai line and is the boat the range was building toward — a center console catamaran with the deck space and fuel for canyon runs and a cabin you would genuinely sleep in.
Its cross-shops are the largest monohull center consoles rather than other catamarans. The trade is the familiar one: the cat gives you a wider, steadier deck and pays for it in beam at the dock.
Buy the 47 Molokai if overnight offshore is the program — a serious crew that runs far, stays out, and wants a real berth and head rather than a bunk in a console.
Step down to the 36 Molokai if the runs are shorter and the slip is smaller. If the fishing hardware is not the point, the 45 Sport takes the same twin V12 600s in a boat built around the cockpit instead.
