Pronavia boats?

[ChartScrubba]

I saw one of these when on holiday recently. Looked about 38 feet long. Loads of teak on the deck and looked quite modern. Had pretty big twin wheels so wondered if it was a bit racy.

Anyone heard of them or know anything? Couldn't find anything locally (UK) about them, so I assume they aren't sold over here?

 

[dk]

Yep - they're a cruising version of the very racey Reflex 38, marketed by Stimson Yachts, IOW. See www.stimsonyachts.com
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[DRANNIE]

As said above its the cruising version of the reflex 38 which won the last Fastnet. Saling Logic in Southampton have a number of reflex 38's and also have one of the pronavia 38's called Bongani which I think is leased to the school. I crewed her on the RTI last year and thought she was a nice boat to sail, if more sports than cruiser. The cockpit is really open and suspect she would be wet and a bit of a handful if rough weather. The reflex are pretty tough racing boats though. I can't really coment on that aspect of the boat as we didn't see more than about 12knts of wind. In the light airs with a set of new racing sales we made a respectable time around the island.

Interior wasn't to an exceptionally high standard and looked a bit dated even though it was a new boat The interior space wasn't great compared to more cruisers orientated AWBs but then that might be the compromise of the original racing design its based on. Personally I'm not a fan of rattan infills on locker cupboards. If your really keen to look round one Sailing Logic might let you have a look around their boat.

 

[tomframe]

www.pronavia.com

also here http://www.charterhaus.co.uk/yachts/pronavia38_gal.aspx