Innholdsfortegnelse for December 2016 i Motor Boat & Yachting

Ferretti 450 Until recently, the smallest model in the Ferretti range was 56ft long with a price of more than €1.2 million, so it’s great to see a 46-footer back in the range costing nearly half that amount. Despite its relatively compactdimensions, the designers have foundspace for that all-important full-beamowner’s cabin. They’ve even got roundthe limited headroom issue with the aidof a deep well at the foot of the bed. The main deck features an aft-galleylayout albeit without the lifting cockpitwindow of its larger siblings. A singlestep leads up from the galley to acomfortable seating/dining area witha relatively small glass table but plentyof sociable lounging space. Thanks toits wide beam-to-length ratio and aplethora of windows, the main saloonfeels remarkably light and spacious forits size. There is quite a lot of…

Portugal is one of my favourite cruising countries. The Algarve has long been popular with UK boat owners, but few folk realise that Portugal’s spectacular west coast also has a string of snug marinas and mellow old towns conveniently spaced for passage making. In summer, motor boats can easily follow this Atlantic shore in quite short hops, from Baiona in Spain right down to Lisbon and the majestic River Tagus. Here you experience some of the real traditional Portugal, only lightly touched by tourism. You pass miles of beaches, with lush hills folding inland to shimmering mountains. The locals are easygoing and naturally hospitable to travellers. Remember that Portugal is England’s oldest ally, with trading links reaching way back in history. Yachts bound for the Mediterranean often skirt this Atlantic…

Like Axopar, Invictus has been one of the rare success stories of the last few years. Designed by Christian Grande (the man behind many of Sessa’s most successful craft) and built in Italy, this relative newcomer has managed to carve out a sizeable niche in the market as a manufacturer of modern, stylish but still very practical sports boats. The original 280GT sterndrive sportscuddy and more recent outboard powered 240FX centre console both impressed us on test with their classy detailing and well-thought-out cockpit designs, but this new 370GT flagship needs to raise the bar even higher. With a starting price of €370,000 including VAT, it’s competing with a diverse set of rivals that spans everything from the cutting edge Axopar 37 to the more retro-oriented Chris-Craft Launch 36. The…

“We looked at buying a houseboat but it was all a bit chintzy and dated. So me and my partner decided to build our own; a boat is no different to a car or a house” SPECIFICATIONS LENGTH OVERALL 60ft (18.3m) BEAM 12ft 3in (3.6m) WEIGHT 41 tonnes ENGINES 90hp Vetus diesel You love your boat, restricted as it is in the space it offers. You also love your house but long to live in a marine environment. Waterfront living is certainly attractive but can also be prohibitively expensive, especially in London and the south-east. What to do? That was the conundrum facing Alex Prindiville, a supercar trader with an office in Limehouse Basin in east London, who loved the idea of a swanky apartment overlooking the water but could…

HISTORY MYSTERY Having read your articles for more years than I will own up to and appreciating your love of things Scandinavian (boats that is), I was hoping that you may be able to offer some advice. We have been the proud owners of a Fjord 24 Attache for many years and, although I have seen adverts for a Weekender version, I have yet to see another Attache. This led me to the internet to try and find out more about the yard that built her but I assume they’re long gone as the only reference is a rather expensive open boat bearing the same name, which I think is part of the Hanse empire. Do you know of a source of information that could provide me with more background…

That looks like the result of an unholy union between a Hobie Cat and a pushchair It does a little, I grant you, but what we have here is the humble pedalo, reimagined for the 21st century. So who came up with it and why? A chap called Florent Vitiello was on his honeymoon and fancied trying some watersports… Unfortunately there were only jetskis and kayaks available – he and his new wife just wanted a nice stable floating platform, like a pedalo, to potter around to the next cove. Florent, who runs an electric bike company, suddenly came up with a great idea. And so the Ceclo was born. Whoa doc, do you mean to tell me that this sucker is electric? Absolutely. You can pedal it in the…

A well-maintained boat will give months of joy throughout the summer. But come the autumn, it’s time to repay the good times it’s given you. Rather than abandoning it for five months, here are eight things you can do to preserve and protect your investment and ensure that it’s in the best possible state for another great season of use next year. TIME REQUIRED Allow a day to do it properly SKILL LEVEL 3/5 Mostly pretty straightforward PITA RATING Medium (but worth it) DIY COST Very little cost beyond extra warps and fenders if required WHAT DO THE PROFESSIONALS CHARGE? An engine service and winterise will vary depending on type. Boatyard lift and storage costs are typically based on location and boat length How to winterise your boat: Landau UK…

Electric blue Sunseeker’s summer party lights up the night sky Underwater lights used to be the preserve of superyachts but now everyone seems to have them – just check out this shot of the boats attending ultimate 2016, Sunseeker’s annual summer party. This year it was held at La Fortaleza on the island of Mallorca, the lavish private villa which featured in the BBC series The Night Manager. The invitation-only event is open to new and existing owners of the brand so if you’re hoping to get the call-up next year, you know where to buy your next boat. And don’t forget to specify the underwater lights!…

CONTACT MBY Email mby@timeinc.com Write Motor Boat & Yachting, Pinehurst 2, Pinehurst Road, Farnborough Business Park, Hampshire, GU14 7BF CHILLY UP NORTH I have just read the test of the Sunseeker Manhattan 52 in your latest issue. I have no objection to the article, nor the Manhattan, but I realise that I use my boat in a different way (and climate) to that which most of the boatbuilders’ design departments imagine. It looks to me as if most of the boats are designed for the Med and, even though they are big (ie. over 50ft), they are mainly intended as dayboats or maybe chic weekenders. Hence the beach club-style bathing platforms and small kitchens suitable only for mixing drinks and making canapés, the small wardrobes for a bikini and (maybe)…

While a lot has been made of the likes of Princess and Sealine launching their first ever IPS-powered flybridge boats, Absolute was most likely wondering what all the fuss was about. The Piacenza-based yard has been installing Volvo’s pods on its flybridge models for years and has proven its knowledge and application of the system is excellent. Here’s the thing, though. Even with its extensive knowledge of IPS, is the decision to have the 435hp IPS600 units as the sole engine option short sighted? This is a big 50ft boat and when you consider that even the smaller and lighter Princess 49 uses 550hp IPS700s, you can see where the Absolute may fall short. The Sealine F530 we tested had the 600s and felt underpowered but it does have the…

After years of boating and diving around the west coast of Ireland and Scotland in RIBs and small boats, we decided to take the plunge and buy something bigger. We bought Silver Dee at the end of 2001 for £122,500. She is a 52ft Tyler Mouldings Poseidon twin-screw trawler yacht built by Cockenzie boatyard in Scotland to a design by G L Watson using a ragged chine version of the famous Arun lifeboat hull. Rumour has it she was to be the first of a series of similar boats but nobody seems to know whether any more like her were actually built. Given her background, it’s hardly surprising that a lot of her build quality is more pilot boat than motor yacht, which has really suited us over the years.…

Listen carefully. Was that a slight change in the engine note you heard? Could there be a plastic bag blocking your raw water strainers or a stray length of rope wrapped around your props? Unless you can hear it, you may not know it’s happened until the damage is done. This is just one of the many reasons why boaters rely on their hearing, whether that’s listening out for problems before they occur, enabling clear communication with your crew or simply enjoying the sound of water lapping against the hull in a secluded anchorage. Unfortunately, many boat owners also suffer from hearing loss, either due to the natural ageing process or from repeated exposure to loud noises at work or leisure. Ironically, the very pastime we love most may even…

KEY CRITERIA ● Good accommodation ● Great value ● Family friendly + Accommodation is terrific for the size - Can be a handful in strong crosswinds if no thruster DATA FILE Length 35ft 6in (10.8m) Beam 11ft 0in (3.3m) Draught 3ft 6in (1.1m) Displacement 6.3 tonnes Fuel capacity 140 gallons (636 litres) Engine Twin Volvo Penta KAD 32/dp 170hp diesel FOR SALE York Marina, www.yorkmarina.co.uk Sealine’s 1994 330 Statesman (which segued into the F33) was a huge hit. Offering twin diesels and clever innovations like stairs to the flybridge (most builders were still using ladders) for under £100K, it was a roaring success with over 400 sold. So when the time came to replace it Sealine needed to pull something special out of the bag. In 2003, the F34 was…

+ A very practical and honest little boat - Lacks the ultimate finesse of the Sealine or Jeanneau DATA FILE Length 27ft 6in (8.4m) Beam 10ft 0in (3.0m) Draught 2ft 5in (0.7m) Displacement 3.5 tonnes Fuel capacity 110 gallons (500 litres) Engine Twin Volvo Penta TAMD 31P 150hp diesel FOR SALE Ancasta, www.ancasta.com The big news about Rodman is that the Spanish yard is a serious commercial boatbuilder, making seriously rugged offshore fishing vessels, pilot boats and rescue craft. You feel that when you go aboard its leisure offerings, it’s like no-one remembered to turn down the volume. They’re absolutely rock solid. INTERIOR The flip side is interiors that feel somewhat more utilitarian than the Prestiges and Sealines of this era. But that doesn’t make them any less functional.…

Boaters love fleeces. What harm can they possibly do? Polyester, nylon and acrylic materialsare the primary components of fleecesand give them their strength. Wool andcotton fibres are biodegradable butthese man-made fabrics are not. MarkBrown, senior research associate at theUniversity of New South Wales, claimsmicrofibres make up 85% of man-madewaste littering the world’s shorelines. What are microfibres? They are tiny shreds shed from allkinds of fabric during washing. TheUniversity of California estimatesthat synthetic fleeces shed 1.7g ofplastic fibres less than a millimetrein length every time they are washed. That’s a million of these fibres. Oldergarments are even worse. Aren’t these fibres caught by the machine’s filter? No, they’re too small for the machine’sown filter to trap them and even thewastewater treatment plants letthrough an estimated 40% of them. These microfibres then…

The 30.1 is the first brand new Targa for around four years, though unless you’re a paid-up member of the Targa Appreciation Society you would struggle to tell. We all know that every Targa looks pretty much identical, some are just longer than others, but the 30.1 is a genuinely fresh model with a new hull and it’s the first time the yard has included the double cabin arrangement on a model of this size. So as this is something of a special occasion for Botnia, we thought we ought to do something more than take it for a spin off Poole, home of UK dealer Wessex Marine. No – a trip was in order, the type of trip that your typical Targa owner will do rain or shine and…

We’re in the dinghy, pottering along the coast of mainland Greece near Porto Kheli. There are some impressive properties dotting the hillsides and we have a grandstand view. We haven’t seen so many magnificent villas or elegantly manicured gardens since leaving the Costa Smeralda in Sardinia. This is clearly millionaires’ row, and we idly dream of living in such luxurious surroundings. But when we turn the tender around to head back to Zaffina, last seen bobbing gently at anchor in a nearby cove, we are rudely awakened from our reverie. Within just a few minutes, the flat calm sea has turned into a churning morass of waves, and from our lowly position in the dinghy, they look dauntingly huge. Each peak is a hill to be negotiated, and with the…

MEL BARTLETT: I have a dream Just like Martin Luther King, I have a dream. Okay, maybe not quite like MLK. Mine was a one-off, and – thank goodness – it’s now very much in the past tense. It was not so much a dream as a nightmare. I woke up in the early hours of the morning after Southampton Boat Show convinced that I had crashed a car on a roundabout. It wasn’t my car: it can’t have been, because it was far too modern and up-market. But my dream was incredibly vivid. I had been finding it a little too warm, so although the dashboard display had told me that the temperature at the driver’s seat was 23.46ºC, I had been trying to figure out how to turn…

+ Beamy boat with masses of space - Loses out at the beauty pageant to the F34 DATA FILE Length 32ft 5in (9.9m) Beam 11ft 11in (3.6m) Draught 3ft 1in (0.9m) Displacement 6 tonnes Fuel capacity 140 gallons (640 litres) Engines Twin Volvo Penta KAMD 43 230hp diesels FOR SALE One Marine, www.onemarine.co.uk MY CHOICE Normally when I write these I’ve got a clear winner in mind from the off. This month I could easily argue the merits of any of them. The Rodman 800 offers a solidly built no nonsense craft with a flybridge and twin shaftdrive diesels for under £50,000, and that’s remarkable. But the Corniche, admittedly older but a fair bit bigger, drops the point of entry below £40,000, which is incredible! But it’s about value as…

+ Masses of space and a charming old boat - She’s an old lady now, don’t expect her to dance like a youngster DATA FILE Length 33ft 9in (10.3m) Beam 11ft 7in (3.5m) Draught 3ft 2in (1.0m) Displacement 6.4 tonnes Fuel capacity 150 gallons (680 litres) Engine Twin Volvo Penta TAMD41A 200hp diesel FOR SALE Boatshed Plymouth, www.boatshed.com The Corniche is one of those muchloved big beamy boats that the company built its reputation on. And while the styling is typically ‘set-square 1980s’, it passes it off with a certain retro charm rather than simply looking old fashioned. The GRP radar arch that replaced the stainless-steel version of earlier boats helps, as does the removal of the thick stripes that used to adorn all Fairlines of this era. INTERIOR Fairline…