British Yachts vs Italian Yachts and Stability

Never owned a brit boat but test drove several, owned US & Canadian sports cruisers in the past which both made SWMBO seasick. Now own an Absolute 41, apart from a fire extinguisher & a blown bulb she has been absolutely :D faultless, & SWMBO doesn't experience seasickness any more, even when oldest son is at the helm :o. It is that good that my boat buying days are over, cos she loves it & wouldn't consider anything else, finish, design, use of space are all superb, & my idea of finish is quite high as I trained as a cabinet maker before realizing I could make more money doing something else.
 
Barbarossa said:
Thank you everyone for the replies.To cut a long story short,I would like to have your personal preference between New Fairline squadron 42 and Azimut 43 fly.

Which one would you buy?

Thanks again
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This a difficult reply and a lot is about preference and taste.
I will concentrate on the positives here:

Azimut 43, presented October 2004/for 05 season
up and down bathing platform
Flybridge of similar size, but I prefer the layout with the sunpad
A bit wider sidedecks.
Full size fridge in galley.

Fairline 42 Squadron, this is a brand new model presented last Septemer 2010 for 11 Season
More glassed large windows surface
Two way entrance to cockpit from bathing platform

Both have similar internal layouts. Personally i prefare the style of fittings of the Azimut which is less minimal to that of the 42 Squadron. But as I said again if you put a survey here u should get a different reply.
The beam of the two boats is identical 4.22 mt, and even LOA 12.9.
The Azimut has more draft by 18 cm which can indicate a deeper keel aft.
Which is infact the case 14.5 degrees aft AZ, and 12.5 FL.
Fairline has a choice of Volvo and Cats, and Azimut only Cummins 480hp.
The Azimut is a faster boat at 33 knots. Fline manages max 32 knots with Cats 460hp.

Interesting is that both models where changed in project status with the Azimut being a 40 first and become a 43 a year later to production, and Fairline was born as 41 Sq project.
 
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Mapis, have you any popcorn left? :)

I think that PowerYacht's figures refer to the hull deadrise angles - the steeper the deadrise, the better the seakeeping ability (usually), but the trade off is more power required to achieve the same speed as a similar vessel with less deadrise.

The Bertram 31 (which was one of the first 'deep vee' hull forms, designed by Ray Hunt) has a constant deadrise aft to the transom of about 20 (or perhaps even 22) degrees.

Think of a plank of timber - if it is on the sword, it has a deadrise angle of 90 degrees, exceptional seakeeping (will never slam) but suffers somewhat on the stability front (ie, it wants to fall over and spill the G & Ts).
On the flat, it has a deadrise of 0 degrees, poor seakeeping (will slam horribly, sending the G & Ts into orbit) and has exceptionally good stability (it won't fall over).
So the optimum hull form is somewhere in between........... perhaps! :)
 
Bajansailor said:
Mapis, have you any popcorn left? :)
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So the optimum hull form is somewhere in between........... perhaps! :)
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Well, I was keeping the popcorn handy because I was expecting a colreg-like debate on this matter of the V hull....
But you pretty much nailed it with your last sentence! :D
 
We can't let Mapis' pop corn go to waste, so shall we still have a coll regs debate about shallow / medium / deep vee hulls?
Or - for the OP - you could even consider a power cat as an alternative to a Fairline or an Azimut.......... :)
 
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