Motor Boat & Yachting – May 2018

The Comfort cockpit setup is a layout

you’re more likely to choose if you’re

heading out to sea, something the

Category B offshore hull (available

in three shades of white or a very

dark blue, all contrasted by two

colour choices of rope fendering or

a less attractive but more practical

D-section fender) is perfectly capable

of accommodating. And if that’s your

bag, you’re also likely to eschew the

base Vetus 65hp diesel with its river-

friendly 7-knot top end, and probably

pass on the mid-range Volvo Penta

D3-110 110hp diesel fitted to our test

boat, which ups the ante to 10 knots.

The Intercruiser 32’s largest option

of a D3-220 is where it’s at offshore.

Shaftdrive and a semi-displacement

hull mean that you’ll still not achieve

the speed or turn rate of a fast

planing hull, but the 20-knot top end

will give a comfortable mid-teen

cruise and the kind of steady slam-

free ride associated with semi-

displacement underwater sections.

The downside of a single-shaftdrive

setup is inevitably tricky low-speed

manoeuvring, largely negated in this

instance by the standard fit 75kgf

bow thruster.

At a price of almost £200,000

as tested (depending on exchange

rates) with the mid-range engine,

the new Intercruiser 32 is not cheap.

Neither is it fast, or particularly flash.

It is however, a beautifully wrought

hand-built semi-custom cruiser that

you can specify precisely to your

needs that feels like it will last forever

(a facet backed up by a standard ten-

year hull warranty). Sometimes you

really do get what you pay for.

Contact http://www.interboat.com

QUICK SPIN

The 110hp D3

engine can be

upgraded to the

220hp version

The Comfort

cockpit puts the

helm forward

The safe cockpit
has plenty of
comfortable seating

The forward section

can be closed off to

make a separate cabin

The small dinette

converts to make an

extra double

The galley has

a reasonable

amount of storage

The heads is basic

but practical