A Real Bullfrog.....

[HReeve]

Originally Posted by cthippo

I kind of like the hull on the first one. With a different superstructure it has potential.

i felt the same about the last one. It looks like someone added a bunch of superstructure, and the stern swim platform.

Take that away, and it would be nice.

Or, you could just cover the whole thing in a big blue tarp.

[Easy Rider]

cthippo,
I would like the 2nd one without the tacked on swim step and with less house high and aft. It almost looks like the house and hull were separate builds and by separate designers. Somebody obviously thought space was golden. But the hull itself looks good to me w/o the swim step. Oh I see Reeve had the same thoughts AND at the same time.

Easy Rider

[Lister]

Originally Posted by Tad

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The Island Pilot 535.......woah! Ugly, overweight, overpowered snow-plow......pushing her wash out forward of the bow! Deep-vee 60,000 pound 1400HP fuel hog...who on earth will buy such a thing? It seems nothing has been learned in the past 25 years......She receives a glowing "review" in the current issue of Passagemaker Magazine.....in which they seem to be trying to sell the idea of cruising this boat at 8 knots? This can be done with about 1/25th of the installed HP, what's the other 1345HP for? Oh and she's so high out of the water you need to continuously run the Seakeeper gyro stabilizer (only 1.2KW draw) off one of the two generators.......

Passagemaker conveniently doesn't mention the boat is built in China, and still costs $1.5m

Passagemaker is just a glossy support for advertising.
As for the boat, it is the reflection of the trend of today. When it's Lazzara or Ferretti, nobody say nothing, but let's face it, it's the same end product.
When greed and ignorance do business.
But they will all have the separate "en-suite for her and him" bathroom. And the joystick.
Lister