New boat interiors...

[snooks]

http://grahamsnook.com/360-of-the-rm1270/

RM1270 added

 

[MJWF]

Thanks Snooks. RM1270 was the one i wanted to see ��

 

[eddystone]

I promised myself I wouldn't look at any boats this year but temptation was too great. In the end managed to restrict myself to 4, excluding the tall ship. Spirit 47 - I love this more than I can say even though spent most of the time talking to Spirit people about Solos. Rustler 37 - not my favourite Rustler but could live with it if forced. Hanse 345 - I suspect this is where I would end up if wife less into dinghies and more into keelboats. Baycruiser 26 - respectfully have to disagree with earlier post - compare price to Cornish Crabber 26! Swallow seem muuch more imaginative than many in combining sort of traditional hull with water ballast and carbon rig - and the interior is full of clever ideas - I like.

 

[stevd]

I've noticed from the website, that a lot of the new interiors have fabric covered panels covering the bulk heads. I quite like that idea and I'm thinking it could be an easy way to brighten up my gloomy moody. Would this be practical?

 

[Tranona]

Yes - but very fiddly to do. Better to paint with a matt finish light coloured paint and edge with contrasting wood trim. Whatever you do must be considered permanent, so no going back to the varnish!

 

[stevd]

I was thinking that if the panels were mounted on simple brackets, then when I come to sell the boat, it could be easily returned to an uncovered bulkhead. I don't like the idea of painting, as like you said, its non-reversible and probably isn't to many peoples tastes?

 

[Tranona]

Painting bulkheads on older dark boats is very common - and indeed on some new boats. It is of course a matter of taste, but a well painted and detailed bulkhead is to my mind better than the grotty dark varnish on some boats. alternatively you could just add panels of painted 2 or 3mm ply to the bulkheads with wood trim to hold them down if you did not want to change it permanently.

 

[snooks]

Something a bit bigger now...the Nautitech 46

http://grahamsnook.com/360-of-the-nautitech-46/ ‎

 

[dancrane]

Why do all the manufacturers seem to be competing to create interiors that look like a kid's creation in minecraft, with all these brutalist unhomely 90 degree angles everywhere, like 1960s concrete park benches?

Good question. I guess the intention is to make a yacht imitate the bland, non-maritime characteristics of an unfurnished show-home, so madam will visualise herself serving Ritz cracker canapes in her spacious gracious sitting-room, and not oppose the purchase. :hopeless:

I conclude that I've chosen a good time to be penniless, when I look at the new designs. They don't evoke any envy in me...and isn't that the whole point of beauty in yachts?

Spirit 47 excepted...very, very beautiful, although she hardly seems ground-breaking in her interior styling.

Clever photography. :encouragement:

 

[Tranona]

Good question. I guess the intention is to make a yacht imitate the bland, non-maritime characteristics of an unfurnished show-home, so madam will visualise herself serving Ritz cracker canapes in her spacious gracious sitting-room, and not oppose the purchase. :hopeless:

Not all new boat interiors are like that. Not wanting to upstage Graham's excellent shots, a couple from the inside of my new boat - including a human sized toilet and shower room!

 

[dancrane]

Very nice, Mr T, very tidy. Actually the absence of the customary 'lived-in' feel, may be half the reason why brochure photos don't create more immediate appeal.

You've added books & a picture, and if you'd dumped your oilies on the sofa and left a bottle of old malt on the table, I'd feel quite at home.

What's the chromed central vertical? I thought at first it was some kind of lifting keel box because it looks well aft of the bulkhead. Is it a compression strut for the mast? Sure is shiny...I can see your iPad reflected. You nearly gave us a face to put to your name.

 

[Tranona]

The malt is inside the table. Yes the post is the compression post - stainless steel. Not iPad - only wives are allowed that so it is a Hudl for me. Oilies hang up in the dedicated locker in the spacious toilet compartment.

 

[snooks]

Dehler 34 is now online

http://grahamsnook.com/360-of-the-dehler-34/

 

[doug748]

Dehler 34 is now online

http://grahamsnook.com/360-of-the-dehler-34/

Better than average. At least it looks as though someone has had a thought about how it looks, not just the bottom line.

Is there a list of models covered on the site?

 

[snooks]

All the boats I've captured and uploaded are here:

http://grahamsnook.com/360-tours/360-degree-yacht-interiors/

 

[doug748]

Just the job, thanks.

 

[nigelmercier]

A mate of mine spent a fortune on kit to do 360° images about 15 years ago, it needed a viewer program on a PC. I'm seeing this a lot more now, so is the kit relatively simple?

 

[snooks]

You can do it with your iPhone.

But the kit I use costs thousands. However the quality is what makes it.

The software and equipment I use makes it simple, for me.