X95 princess at Swanwick

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That is an impressive hydraulic platform on the back!

But I think the other Princesses look better
More info about the X 95 here -
X95 - Princess Yachts - British Luxury Yacht Manufacturer

An excerpt from their advertising - I wonder, who do they employ to write stuff like this?

"Characterised by beautifully sculpted surfaces and long flowing lines, the X95 defines a striking design language for this new Class. Both her flybridge and main deck cover almost the full length of the yacht, delivering expansive spaces with flexibility that enables you to define each journey around your guests’ preferences. With a fuel capacity of 13,400 litres, the X95 has the range for far-reaching, adventurous voyages. "

She reminds me a bit of the Cutter 28, which was built in the USA in the 70's - what goes around, comes around again.
The Cutter 28 - a 70's version of Benjenbav's Steelaway

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Bajansailor said:
That is an impressive hydraulic platform on the back!

But I think the other Princesses look better
More info about the X 95 here -
X95 - Princess Yachts - British Luxury Yacht Manufacturer

An excerpt from their advertising - I wonder, who do they employ to write stuff like this?

"Characterised by beautifully sculpted surfaces and long flowing lines, the X95 defines a striking design language for this new Class. Both her flybridge and main deck cover almost the full length of the yacht, delivering expansive spaces with flexibility that enables you to define each journey around your guests’ preferences. With a fuel capacity of 13,400 litres, the X95 has the range for far-reaching, adventurous voyages. "

She remind me a bit of the Cutter 28, which was built in the USA in the 70's - what goes around, comes around again.
The Cutter 28 - a 70's version of Benjenbav's Steelaway

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I agree. Oddly when it arrived I thought is was Fugly but it's growing on me now.

The stern teak beach is fab. Launch the tender and then lower the unit so you have steps or return to horizontal and huge wet deck

All this without the horrible marine growth associated with lowerable swim platforms with ss under the water
 
Yes passed us in the Solent on Friday evening looking from a distance like a small patrol boat hunting refugees . The bow looked rather low for such a large vessel but only doing 12 knots or so but I thought it would never pass . Presumably open for the show then?
 
Scala said:
The Bangle 5 series that was so controversial at the time now looks like a classic...
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Mmm, does it? What about the 7 series he did? So ugly even its mother wouldnt love it:eek: I know, I owned one. The engineers did a much better job on the car than he did because it drove much better than it looked. Lets hope its the same with the X95
 
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Mmm, does it? What about the 7 series he did? So ugly even its mother wouldnt love it:eek: I know, I owned one. The engineers did a much better job on the car than he did because it drove much better than it looked. Lets hope its the same with the X95
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E65. Maybe. Tubby, but a better car than its predecessor. E60 5 series I stick to my guns.
 
I think the Horizon FD series look rather nice, this one on the other hand looks like a floating bubble. Something is wrong with this design IMO.
Have seen Pininfarina adventures in the past, his work for Magnum was spot on, the Azimut 65 early nineties was also an interesting evolution, and then the work he did for Primatist with the G70 was cool and different and then with the small G46 took Bruno Abbate in a new direction with good sales selling over fifty in like two years.

Would be interested to have a review in a beam sea (even moderate say 1 to 2 meters waves) with stabilizers turned off. The X85 looks a bit better. I think this is a bad experiment but I think Princess have reported that they sold eight of them. So whom am I to argue. Loads of boats out there if one does not like this one.
 
The X95 has a beautiful hull and exterior design but personally i find Princess and Sunseeker's interiors to be really boring and quite plain.

For that sort of money you want to be blown away and they all just look like a page from an Ikea catalogue (n)

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