Boating New Zealand - July 2018

HELM

Pride of place is the leather-covered helm chair – on a Softrider

pedestal with slider and moveable arms. It ofers excellent lumbar

cushioning, and it’s complemented by a foldaway foot platform if you

prefer standing at the helm.

Up front, there’s great visibility through three large windows,

each with a parallax wiper. Panoramic visibility is the theme all the

way round – thanks to huge sliding windows. he cabin, incidentally,

can be fully enclosed when the glass folding doors and retractable

windows behind the galley are deployed. When they are, ambient

noise is well-muted, and conversation is easy.

Data about the 260hp Volvo Penta engine and its counter-rotating

twin-prop stern leg is provided on a non-relective Garmin 7412XSV –

and navigating it is simplicity itself. Split-screens, radar, fuel pressure,

hours, fuel usage and tank levels, sounder, chart-plotter, Fusion Stereo

controls – they’re all instantly available.

And this can also be relayed to the entertainment monitor –

should you wish to view it from the back deck, or while having lunch.

Plenty of discreetly-positioned ports and hatch-panels ofer great

access to the wiring looms and plumbing systems.

ANGLER’S DELIGHT

he ishing zone (cockpit) is a canny piece of design.

he hardtop’s rear overhang juts out over the deck, and on top are

eight rod holders, manufactured by Steelliotts Stainless Steel. My

vote for the cleverest use of space is the overhead hatch, built into the

overhang. It lips down exposing net, gafs, boat-hook and tag-poles,

neatly clipped into place – accessible and yet completely out of the

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