Princess V48 photos and review

[henryf]

I really like the separate dining area on our P50. It allows you to two distinct conversations going. On the V48 it allows a bit of quiet space out of public glare should you want it.

I don't know if a 3rd cabin version is available or whether Princess have decided it's better to have a dinette that converts into a sensible double. Bunks are not for everyone particularly adults. When you see the interior in this promo it makes a bit more sense.




. I would be intrigued to see how many Targa 48s leave the factory with 3 cabins. Not many would be my suggestion. It turns a spacious area opposite the galley into a more oppressive space to gain a pair of extremely tight bunks. The Phantom 48 3rd cabin is tight enough and I can't see the Targa being any bigger.

Everything is always a compromise on boats. I always liked the 43 aft cabin from Fairline in terms of the accommodation it offered but they were never popular at the time, we played safe and bought a traditional Phantom 42.

If we were taking a boat out to Thailand the V48 would certainly be on the short list although in reality boring old farts like me probably always stick to flybridges. You've got to be young and virile like Jimmy the Builder to carry off a sports cruiser

Henry

 

[Whitelighter]

What I never understood with the phantom 43ac was what happened to the double cabin that usually went under the helm to starboard on a normal 43? It seems with that boat they had the opportunity to have a really versatile 3 cabin boat. Maybe if they had done that they would have sold more

 

[PowerYachtBlog]

Being bunks may be yes you are right it will be at best a 60/40 split in favour of the 2 cabin version. Also depends on price of the option on third cabin.
Not because it does not work, it because people will choose a more proper three cabin boat when they want three cabins thats about it.

Anyways I still think you never use the lower saloon here in the Med more so when you have a fully enclosed hardtop like both new Targa and new Princess have....

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Anyways I still think you never use the lower saloon here in the Med more so when you have a fully enclosed hardtop like both new Targa and new Princess have....

Agreed; we only really use the lower saloon in the winter, in the summer you're pretty much always upstairs instead.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[Portofino]

Reinvention of the wheel ( twin cabin- beam master layout ) in 50 + ft ish
PDF : http://sunseekergroup.net/London/includes/to_pdf5.php?boat_id=1749&office_id=5

Depreciation disaster for boat of arround 50 ft- + If you are a seller?
Or good used value later 10y down rhe line if your buyer and manage with 2 cabins in boat this size?

 

[henryf]

Reinvention of the wheel ( twin cabin- beam master layout ) in 50 + ft ish
PDF : http://sunseekergroup.net/London/includes/to_pdf5.php?boat_id=1749&office_id=5

Depreciation disaster for boat of arround 50 ft- + If you are a seller?
Or good used value later 10y down rhe line if your buyer and manage with 2 cabins in boat this size?

I'm not sure what relevance a 60 foot Sunseeker has to the V48? Currently new 60 foot boats are well over £1 million. A 48 footer is likely to be around half the price of a 60 footer. The 60 foot boat will also have masses more interior volume available.

You have to compare eggs with eggs.

Henry

 

[henryf]

Agreed; we only really use the lower saloon in the winter, in the summer you're pretty much always upstairs instead.

Cheers
Jimmy

Not everyone is finely ripped like you Jimmy. We less fortunate souls have to keep downstairs in the morning whilst enjoying coffee and croissants in our under crackers

 

[Portofino]

I'm not sure what relevance a 60 foot Sunseeker has to the V48? Currently new 60 foot boats are well over £1 million. A 48 footer is likely to be around half the price of a 60 footer. The 60 foot boat will also have masses more interior volume available.

You have to compare eggs with eggs.Henry -quote

Twin cabin arrangement on residuals ( for the reasons Wightlighter has explained -accommodating families )

In a 60 fter even more " wasted" space than a 50

Large twin -allready been done
Hope this helps H

 

[Quest]

Interesting stuff, opinions polarised as ever. For me, I always boat with company and many of these friends and family who visit do so as day boaters because of the two cabin sleeping restriction. I would personally love a third cabin and that will be a major consideration if and when... Having said that, I can't argue with Henry's point that most twin cabin boats with third cabin option are built as twin cabins because that's what sells. Some accurate figures would be most interesting here though I suspect the twin cabin might prevail overall, it just doesn't really work for me as someone who loves visitors on the boat.

One final point, having just viewed the V48 promo vid, I think I could just about live with that boat if I must!

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Interesting stuff, opinions polarised as ever. For me, I always boat with company and many of these friends and family who visit do so as day boaters because of the two cabin sleeping restriction. I would personally love a third cabin and that will be a major consideration if and when... Having said that, I can't argue with Henry's point that most twin cabin boats with third cabin option are built as twin cabins because that's what sells. Some accurate figures would be most interesting here though I suspect the twin cabin might prevail overall, it just doesn't really work for me as someone who loves visitors on the boat.

One final point, having just viewed the V48 promo vid, I think I could just about live with that boat if I must!

Well, it's a bit of a thin sample, but I was chatting to the Princess folks about the V56 on Saturday. This was available in both two- and three-cabin variants, and if I understood what they were saying to me correctly, they did about 10x the number of three-cabins as two-cabins.

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[Quest]

Well, it's a bit of a thin sample, but I was chatting to the Princess folks about the V56 on Saturday. This was available in both two- and three-cabin variants, and if I understood what they were saying to me correctly, they did about 10x the number of three-cabins as two-cabins.

Cheers
Jimmy

Jimmy, can you clarify, do they build 10x as many 3 cabins or have I misread u?
Andrew

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Jimmy, can you clarify, do they build 10x as many 3 cabins or have I misread u?
Andrew

This was PMYS, so they were talking about what they'd sold, rather than what the factory had built. But yes, 10x the number of three-cabin V56's sold. [Again, this is a thin sample, the boat wasn't in production for long].

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[Hurricane]

Agreed; we only really use the lower saloon in the winter, in the summer you're pretty much always upstairs instead.

Cheers
Jimmy

Actually, Jimmy, in August, we tend to go back downstairs - into the cool of the A/C !!!

 

[jimmy_the_builder]

Actually, Jimmy, in August, we tend to go back downstairs - into the cool of the A/C !!!

You're a bit further south than me!

Cheers
Jimmy

 

[henryf]

I think there is a big difference between a V56 / Sunseeker 60 foot where a third cabin needn't cost you lower seating and the cabin it's self has space to be significant and a 48 foot sports boat where any third cabin would be so small it might be seen as useless.

What Princess has done is say ok, if you do need a third berth from time to time convert the lower saloon (hardly a massive task) and we'll give you a decent double bed. Kids can have the split V at the front (rather than the bunks they would have got) they're in bed early and when the adults finally turn in for the night it takes 3 minutes to make up the bed.

If you really wanted to sign off the job properly you could even have a Fendi privacy curtain sectioning off the saloon berth.

Henry

 

[Portofino]

Back to the pics ( enough of the 2vs 3 cabin thing)
Has any one else noticed the v sharp corners to all the joinery ( table excepted) downstairs ?
It's not just Prinny ,I have noticed this trend on SS ,not sure with Fairline ,not seen JFM s in the flesh .
I guess more of a fashion thing over safety ?
.Nordhavens still seem to have more rounded less injury inducing joinery ( for those moving arround while under way)

 

[volvopaul]

This was PMYS, so they were talking about what they'd sold, rather than what the factory had built. But yes, 10x the number of three-cabin V56's sold. [Again, this is a thin sample, the boat wasn't in production for long].

Cheers
Jimmy

We're you tempted with reprobate?

 

[Portofino]

Aha ,that's why there its 2 cabins - cos if you set off with 6 peeps in anything over a F 4 within an hour- 2 would be heiicoptered off with serious head injuries .
Leaving 4 - just a bit awkward cos you might be sharing a cabin without your preferred partner

Sorry guys could,nt resist

 

[lanerboy]

henry do you know if the table in the saloon upstairs drops down to create another sleeping area if required

 

[henryf]

henry do you know if the table in the saloon upstairs drops down to create another sleeping area if required

No it doesn't.

Henry