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Center Console With Style & Substance: Formula 457 Center Console Fish

Don’t be fooled by the cruising yacht comforts for entertaining, this 45-foot triple outboard battlewagon is designed and built for hunting big fish offshore.

Aerial view of a white vessel with light blue stripe cruising through open waters on a sunny day.

Formula builds on its revived center console line with a model for the anglers. All photos courtesy, Formula

In a sea of sportfishing center consoles, nothing stands apart quite like the Formula 457 Center Console Fish, a fast and flashy (optional) flybridge boat that’s just as ready to charge offshore for fast and furious fishing as it is to host a large crew party in yacht luxury at the sandbar. With its roomy cabin with a convertible U-lounge, galley, and private head below, the 457 CC is also your ticket to a refreshing weekend getaway.

With a 49-foot total length and nearly 14-foot beam, the 457 CCF has plenty of deck space for anglers, watersports enthusiasts, and sunbathers. Dual 50-gallon pressurized livewells aft can be fitted to secure scuba tanks for diving. For the go-fast crowd, Formula’s FAS3TECH hull with triple 600-hp outboards delivers speeds up to 60 mph.

 


Standout Features

  • Tempered glass electric-actuated windshield that can open while underway
  • Seakeeper 6 gyrostabilizer eliminates up to 95% of boat roll
  • Standard 18,000 BTU air conditioning system keeps everyone cool
  • Party on with multizone Rockford Fosgate stereo, multicolor lighted speakers, LED lighting, and lighted drink holders all sync to music
  • 120V Kenyon electric grill for cooking your catch
Point of view of a vessel's steering and navigation console while out on blue waters.

The captain and crew can stay cool with standard 18,000 BTU air conditioning system blowing at the helm, which features an electronics suite that includes twin 22-inch widescreen color chartplotters (triple displays available), with depth sounder and 1,000-watt B175M CHIRP transducer, Mercury SmartCraft, VesselView, and joystick piloting systems.
How many center consoles have second-row seating? Just aft of the helm, the 457 offers either an expansive bench standard or triple helm seats with armrests, with three wireless charging mounts. Above, the integrated hardtop protects everyone from the sun and rain.

Half dozen adults wearing all wearing sunglasses enjoying a boat ride on blue open waters.

Adult male wearing a white shirt, blue shorts, ballcap and sunglasses adjusting a fishing line on a white boat.

The cockpit is made for catching fish with dual 50-gallon pressurized live wells, port and starboard fishboxes with macerators, and in-floor storage. A toe rail keeps you sure-footed while gaffing and hauling aboard. Port and starboard side doors as well as a starboard transom door making hauling your catch aboard easier. A rigging station features plenty of space to organize tackle and gear.
The versatile open bow gives this center console an added dimension for fun with wraparound bow seating a power adjustable table that converts to a sun lounge with filler cushion, plus dual forward-facing sun lounges with armrests, a center flip-down armrest with drink holders.

Aerial view of six adults sitting around a white table aboard a white vessel out at sea.

U-shaped gray sitting area, white table, sky light and counter inside a boat.

How’s this for room in a center console cabin? Three steps down from a portside console door entrance you’ll find 6 feet, 6 inches of for a U-shaped lounge (that converts to a double berth) with wood dining table and filler cushion. The cabin ready for overnighting with open-grain finish cabinetry, private compartment with pressurized fresh water, molded sink, separate stall shower and Vacuflush head.

The upper helm station is the place to boost everyone’s angling game. Under its own hardtop, the upper helm station gives the captain all the data he needs along with joystick control to pursue fish. And there’s room up top to keep the captain company on an expansive lounge to port. Forward, side-by-side reclining lounges offer a comfortable space for scouting ahead (or snoozing).


Adult male wearing a long-sleeve orange shirt, navy shorts, sunglasses and ballcap steering a white vessel on open waters.

Main Specs

Length: 
 45’7”
Clearance:  16’2”
Hull:  FAS3Tech 22° deep-V
Max HP: 1,800
Beam: 13’8” 
Draft: 
 54” 
Engines:
 Triple Mercury’s 600-hp outboards 
Price: Starting at $2,100,000
Fuel Capacity: 700 gallons
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Rich Armstrong

Senior Editor, BoatUS Magazine

A journalist by training, BoatUS Magazine Senior Editor Rich Armstrong has worked in TV news, and at several newspapers, then spent 18 years as a top editor at other boating publications. He’s built a stellar reputation in the marine industry as one of the most thorough reporters in our business. At BoatUS Magazine, Rich handles everything from boat and product innovation and late-breaking news, to compelling feature stories, boat reviews, and features on people and places. The New Jersey shore and lakes of lower New York defined Rich's childhood. But when he bought a 21-foot Four Winns deck boat and introduced his young family to the Connecticut River, his love for the world of boats flourished from there.

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