boatmike
Well-Known Member
Looking for opinions. as an 85 year old still in good but used condition, I have done a lot of blue water sailing on several larger boats, mainly under sail. Some years hence my wife and I sold our catamaran and bought an Aquastar 33 Oceanranger, largely bacause we wanted to go inland through France, which we did. The Aquastar has proven to be a great sea boat and is of course a semi-displacement hull with twin Volvo TMD41a engines. So I know all about performance regarding such. I am now however considering downsizing to a MF695. Have been offered one on part ex for my Aquastar which seems to be a good deal and would suit an old fart like me who only wants to play around on the Solent and go fishing. Thing is I have absolutely no experience of hulls that plane and have no idea how they perform. This little tub has a Nanni 130HP inboard diesel, I have no experience of these either being a Volvo man at heart. So any comments on the sea-keeping qualities, performance (consumption, speed) I might expect from a little "pocket rocket" like this would be welcome.
