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Directly opposite to starboard, is the large-capacity fridge
and entertainment console, with a drink-mixing wet area and
splash-back. Food preparation is on black chip bench-tops,
with wooden cupboards and storage cabinets in quality teak,
giving strength, warmth and durability.
A Fusion stereo supplies the appropriate music.BERTHS
For a trailerable boat, the Admiral’s accommodation is pretty
impressive. She sleeps ive – two double berths and a single
bunk, conigurable as a double and three singles. If needed,there’s space for more beds.
he master’s double is under the main saloon, and you
enter down three carpeted stairs. Electrically, it all works
superbly. here are double-switched lights and USB charging
points for phones.
I really like the boat’s moulded ‘tiled’ wet areas. here’s
one in the head/shower facility, for example, and while it
looks very classy, it’s all enormously practical. In all, says
Clement, 68 moulds were built to conigure the boat’s
working areas. Headroom – throughout the vessel – is
exceptional.TOP The 260hp
Volvo Penta
engine drives her
to a top speed of
32 knots.
LEFT A
functional
layout and cosy,
well-planned
furnishings.
OPPOSITE
Never mind the
view – have you
tried the cheese?The objective for the Admiral project was to deliver a boat
that encompasses fishing, family, holidays, entertaining
and oshore capability in equal measures...