PHOTO: DelPHia yacHTsBOATS & EQUIPMENT
MAY 2016 http://www.yachtingmonthly.com 81Built a short Lambretta ride from the
lagoon of Venice, this is the Gucci bag of
Bermudian sloops. The design is stylish yet
muted, modern classical one might say, and
the craftsmanship is exquisite. The deck is
beautifully laid and the china clay-coloured
caulking gives style. The binnacles at
her twin wheels house instruments and
controls, including the drop-down transom
that opens hydraulically to launch a 2.4m
RIB. Roller fairleads and pop-up cleats give
a bespoke look and next to the port wheel
is the hydraulic head for the backstay, vangand outhaul (optional,
hand-pumped hydraulic
backstay is standard).
The German mainsheet
runs aft, ducted below the
coachroof and coamings
to emerge at the winches,
forward of the wheels.
To port beneath
cockpit seating is liferaft
and gas stowage, there
is a sole-depth locker
to starboard. Extra deckPrice as seen €672,000 inc VAT (around £512,400) LOA 14.35m (47ft 1in) LWL 13.4m (44ft 0in)
Cabins 3 Beam 4.36m (14ft 4in) Draught 2.85m (9ft 4in) Displacement 12,600kg (27,778 lb)
Contact Richard Baldwin Yachts Te l 07971 405 236 Website http://www.richardbaldwinyachts.comen suite heads – is exquisite. Subtle mood
lighting emerges from panels framing large
hull ports and there is abundant stowage
outboard and in a drawer beneath the
island double berth.Who would she suit?
She befits a stylish, successful owner who
likes to entertain friends or clients with
weekends away, or wants to spend a long
summer sailing short-handed.Solaris 47
Price €420,000 inc VAT (around £319,500) LOA 14.48m (47ft 6in) Cabins 2
Beam 4.48m (14ft 8in) Draught 1.32m/2.15m (4ft 4in/7ft 1in) Displacement 14,300kg (31,526 lb)
Contact Regatta Yachts Te l 02380 456 900 Website en.delphiayachts.euDelphia 46DS
Introduced back in 2011 as the 46 CC, this
boat has been relaunched at the 46DS. She
has a deck saloon with large windows, as
before – in fact the deck hasn’t changed –
but now the saloon has been transformed
by the addition of a forward-facing chart
table and fore-and-aft seating in the saloon,
which makes the most of the views.
The longitudinal galley offers copious
amounts of stowage, and the drawers
beneath the work surface just keep coming
out – they use some of the space under thedeck. They are deep and are all fitted with soft
closures. Under the cabin sole there’s more
stowage where there isn’t tankage. Strangely,
though, there is a tank on the port side which
is easily accessible, but not on the starboard
side, which has a cavernous locker under the
helm seat. Under the aft saloon seating is
space for a generator.
Up forward is a sizeable V-berth with a large
en suite heads and shower compartment.
There is another heads-size compartment just
forward of the galley, but on the boat we saw,
it’s been turned into a laundry room with theaddition of a washing machine.
Aft is the owner’s cabin. The double berth
is tucked neatly under the companionway
steps – cosy and practical. The bed is
aft-facing with a flat-screen TV on the aft
bulkhead, and flanked with armchairs.
She’s available with either a deep or
shallow fin keel, or a swing keel.Who would she suit?
A couple or family looking for a roomy,
comfortable yacht for coastal/offshore
cruising in a cool climatePHOTO: DelPHia yacHTs
PHOTO: DelPHia yacHTs
PHOTO: GRaHaM sNOOKPHOTO: sOlaRis yacHTsstowage is in the lazarette, in the space
around the RIB, and in a sail locker forward.
Handholds see you safely below, into
a light grey ‘café culture’ saloon. To port is
the galley, with a front-opening freezer below
the sink and a top-loading fridge outboard.
To starboard, forward of the heads, is the
nav station and twin aft cabins, of which the
port one is expendable should you want a
technical or utlility room.
The owner’s cabin – the only one with anThe clean lines of her ‘café culture’ saloonThe raised saloon has a chart table forwardThe owners cabin makes good use of spaceThe exquisite Italian Solaris 47, seen for the first time at Boot