big, bigger, really big, what is that?

[kashurst]

Winter approaches in Alicante Marina. Most of the really big boats have returned for the winter.

mostly Astondoas on this picture/pontoon. Loads of transit vans have arrived with cleaners, engineers, polishers etc.
but does anyone know what this whopper on the end is?

 

[Portofino]

Custom line ? What large Ferretti morphed into after 30 m 20 odd years ago .

 

[vas]

no idea!

fugly, wrong proportions, the works... :-(

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

Ferretti Custom Line 128 later renamed as CRN 128.
Boat to its starboard side looks like an old Benetti, then it is three Astondoas, with the first being the 124, then 105 or 94..

 

[kashurst]

It doesn't look much better bow on:

 

[kashurst]

OK - thanks to PowerYachtBlog it looks a lot better now: (it could do with a cull on the cushions though)

CRN crn 128 Bunker for Sale | Romeo United Yachts

 

[vas]

not it doesn't! the bulge in the bow is atrocious!

 

[kashurst]

Out of curiosity, Vas, what do you think of the design of this?
Horizon FD85 - Boats & Barcos » Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, Spain

 

[vas]

proportionwise it's worse short and tall, but seems that's the new norm.
side elevations way too busy with these fancy almost random slots. if a student would dare do such a thing on a design s/he would fail for sure
bow is OKish (leaving aside the fact that's it's too tall.
dunno I'm afraid we'll get used to them as we've done with so many other "new" things in life...

 

[tico]

Looks like someone connected a compressed airline to it!

 

[R400]

The Hattie Jaques of the boat world. What does it do better than all the established beautiful designs. I mean I get the likes of Axopar et al thinking out of the box and proving to be an improvement, though I still prefer shapes from yesteryear ( like my Formula) which still shine performance wise. It seems designers are just striving to be different. would Sonny Levi ,Don Shead or Don Arronow or Olesinski scribe this?

 

[ShaneAtSea]

Out of curiosity, Vas, what do you think of the design of this?
Horizon FD85 - Boats & Barcos » Torrevieja, Costa Blanca, Spain

One of my favourite boats....they discontinued the FD85 for the FD87 and now they only make the FD90 which i think is still under the 24m rule