BOATING mullions and house superstructure is a refreshing departure from the usual liner treatment. The moulded panels with complex curves and edgy mattgrey fi nish create a whole, new and contemporary ambience aboard. It’s in some ways more Italian than English and the fresh feeling was enlivened some more below decks with the use of satin-fi nished light-oak joinery including the fl ooring. A new V48 bundled to the high specifi cation of our Australian-optimised test boat will set you back $1,350,590. This boat was bought at the right time and had a sticker price of $1.25 million. Either way, some $239,600 in options were included. The idea was to create a turnkey optimised boat where you really do only need to add fuel, water and fodder. Along with the standard IPS600s, the boat comes with a bow thruster. 11kW Onan generator and 56,000 BTUs of tropical-strength air conditioning to both cabins and bathrooms. The navigational kit was from Raymarine and included twin i70 LCD multifunction displays; a separate 12in chartplotter (ahead of the co-pilot); p70R autopilot with LED display, push-button and rotary knob control; and Shipmate. Suffi ce to say, the loaded dash was full of intent but also neat since it was designed to harbour this kit from the word get-go. The boat comes with Australian electrical compliancy and all the electrical wiring looms are made in-house. Extra appliances included an icemaker in the cockpit, where you want it, and a dishwasher in the galley. The black- AT A GLANCE Price as tested: New boat $1,350,590 including $239,600 of options as detailed in test above (per exchange rate at time of publishing). Priced from: $1,110,990 million with standard IPS600 pod drives, joystick, 240V Australian-standard electrical system, and lots more. LOA: 15.49m including standard swim platform Hull length: 14.07m Beam: 4.11m Draft: 1.14m (max. with IPS) Weight: Around 17,700kg with full fuel and water Sleeping: 4+2 Fuel capacity: 1,200 litres Water capacity: 364 litres Holding tank: 136 litres Engines: Volvo Penta IPS600s x 2 (D6 435hp) Generator: Onan 11kW Princess Yachts Australia www.princessyachts.com.au Grant Torrens International Marine www.gtim.com.au 96 Pindara Magazine Summer - Autumn | 2014
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