7 8 C a n a d i a n Y a c h t i n g F E B r u A r y 2 0 18B y J o h n A r m s tr o n g a n d A n d y A d a m s
Je a n n e a u ’s n e w e st N C m o d e l is th e N C 3 3 , a n d it’s a n e x c it-
in g a n d in n o v a tiv e in b o a rd c ru ise r id e a lly su ite d to y o u n g
fa m ilie s o r c o u p le s.
N ic k H a rv e y, P re sid e n t o f Je a n n e a u A m e ric a w a n te d to
e m p h a size th a t th e ir n e w N C 3 3 fe a tu re s a h u ll d e sig n b y
M ic h a e l P e te rs. P e te rs’ h a n d h a s b e e n o n m a n y o f th e c o m -
p a n y ’s re c e n t d e sig n s a n d stro n g p e rfo rm a n c e a n d e x c e lle n t
se a -k e e p in g a re to b e e x p e c te d.
A t a n o v e ra ll le n g th o f 3 4 .5 ” a n d e q u ip p e d w ith tw in
e n g in e s, th e N C 3 3 h a s b e e n d e sig n e d to fit in b e tw e e n
Je a n n e a u ’s N C 9 (3 0 ’1 1 ” w ith a sin g le e n g in e ) a n d th e N C 1 1
a t 3 6 ’6 ” a n d w ith tw in e n g in e s. S o th e y n o w o ffe r b a sic a lly a
3 0 , 3 3 a n d 3 6 to su it th e n e e d s a n d a sp ira tio n s fo r m a n y b u y -
e rs. F o r sim p lic ity in N o rth A m e ric a n m a rk e tin g , th e y a re n o w
n a m in g th e b o a t in fe e t h e n c e , th e N C 3 3.
U n d e rsta n d a b ly, b u y e rs to d a y a re lo o k in g fo r m a x im u m
a c c o m m o d a tio n a t w h a te v e r p ric e p o in t th e y ’re c o m fo rta b le
w ith , a n d th e d e sig n e rs a t Je a n n e a u in c o n c e rt w ith G a rro n i,
h a v e c e rta in ly m a x im ize d th e liv in g a re a s a b o a rd th e N C 3 3.
L ik e so m e o f th e ir o th e r re c e n t d e sig n s, th e th in k in g b e g in s
rig h t o u t a t th e sw im p la tfo rm. T h is is v e ry m u c h a p a rt o f th e
liv in g sp a c e a n d a c le v e r slid in g a ft b e n c h se a t c a n in c re a se th e
c o c k p it a re a b y a fo o t o r m o re , b y slid in g it o u tw a rd s to w a rd s
th e sw im p la tfo rm. Y o u c a n still u se th e sw im p la tfo rm , b u t if
y o u ’re a c tu a lly g o in g sw im m in g , slid e th e b e n c h se a t b a c k in
a n d m a xim ize th e a re a o f th e sw im p la tfo rm.
In a d d itio n to slid in g fo rw a rd s a n d a ft, th e v e ry c le v e r
c o c k p it se a t is L -sh a p e d fo r m o re v e rsa tile a c c o m m o d a tio n s.
In p re p a ra tio n to re p o sitio n th e se a t, tw o sm a ll c u sh io n s
c o m e o u t a llo w in g it to slid e. Y o u c a n u se th e L -sh a p e d sid e
a s a su n lo u n g e b u t b e tte r y e t, fo ld th e a ft se a t b a c k d o w n fla t
a n d y o u h a v e a la rg e su n b e d. A s N ic k H a rv e y jo k e s, th is
y a c h t is “tra n sfo rm a b le ”. T h e re is a lso lo ts o f sto ra g e u n d e r-
n e a th th e b e n c h se a t fo r lin e s a n d fe n d e rs a n d so o n.P O W E R R E V IE W | J E A N N E A U N C 3 3
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