lisilou
Well-Known Member
Managed to finally get to LiBS today and had a great time with some lovely friends. Most of our time was spent flitting between the Princess and Fairline stands along with another quick perusal of the Sealine s450 which is always in the back of our minds.
Now that the Fairlines have gone for the more 'straight lines' interior, it's fast becoming a bit of a favourite with me and the same with Princess. Took a look round the Targa 48 open and the GT's but the helm positions are all wrong for me tbh. I don't get the logic of having the helm seat to the left of the passenger helm seat at all. It just means the helmsman has to move to let the passenger get out of their seat. Whether it would be a deal breaker, I'm not sure but it certainly puts it way down the list for sure.
The Squady 42 however, ticks all the boxes in the respect of both helm position/s and interior design. If we were to consider a fly, this one would certainly be at the top of the list.
Then I took another look at the V39 (saw it at the Swanwick show last year) and I have to say I'd love to have one. It's just perfect for us in every way EXCEPT (and rather importantly dontcha think?) the windscreen is just too shallow, putting the top frame right in your eyeline when sitting which means, when the weather is less than favourable and you have the roof closed, you have to bend down quite significantly (I'm 5'7) just to see where you're going. Even with the roof open, I had to tip toe just to get a half decent view thru the open roof and then it was a struggle. From memory, there's no drop down board to stand on to peer thru the roof so this is a massive let down as far as I'm concerned because, as I've said, this boat was just perfect for us in every other way.
I don't get why the screen has to be so shallow, I really don't. It has to be purely aesthetic which, imo, is madness. To compromise visibility for a certain 'look'?...surely a bad move? Adding another 4 inches to the screens depth wouldn't make much of a difference aesthetically surely but it WOULD make helming so much more relaxing and less of a back breaker...wouldn't it?
That all said, I've not sea trialled one so I could be being negative for no good reason. Are there any owners who can say the forward vis is perfect for them? (especially with the roof closed?)
I'd love to be proved wrong coz I really like it.
L
Now that the Fairlines have gone for the more 'straight lines' interior, it's fast becoming a bit of a favourite with me and the same with Princess. Took a look round the Targa 48 open and the GT's but the helm positions are all wrong for me tbh. I don't get the logic of having the helm seat to the left of the passenger helm seat at all. It just means the helmsman has to move to let the passenger get out of their seat. Whether it would be a deal breaker, I'm not sure but it certainly puts it way down the list for sure.
The Squady 42 however, ticks all the boxes in the respect of both helm position/s and interior design. If we were to consider a fly, this one would certainly be at the top of the list.
Then I took another look at the V39 (saw it at the Swanwick show last year) and I have to say I'd love to have one. It's just perfect for us in every way EXCEPT (and rather importantly dontcha think?) the windscreen is just too shallow, putting the top frame right in your eyeline when sitting which means, when the weather is less than favourable and you have the roof closed, you have to bend down quite significantly (I'm 5'7) just to see where you're going. Even with the roof open, I had to tip toe just to get a half decent view thru the open roof and then it was a struggle. From memory, there's no drop down board to stand on to peer thru the roof so this is a massive let down as far as I'm concerned because, as I've said, this boat was just perfect for us in every other way.
I don't get why the screen has to be so shallow, I really don't. It has to be purely aesthetic which, imo, is madness. To compromise visibility for a certain 'look'?...surely a bad move? Adding another 4 inches to the screens depth wouldn't make much of a difference aesthetically surely but it WOULD make helming so much more relaxing and less of a back breaker...wouldn't it?
That all said, I've not sea trialled one so I could be being negative for no good reason. Are there any owners who can say the forward vis is perfect for them? (especially with the roof closed?)
I'd love to be proved wrong coz I really like it.
L
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