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A b rillia n t c o n v e rtib le s e a t m a k e s a c o m p a n io n s e a t fo r tw o to
rid e lo o k in g fo rw a rd th ro u g h th e w in d s h ie ld . F lip it b a c k a n d
it's a n a ft-fa c in g d in e tte s e a t.

T h a t's im p o rta n t a n d u se fu l w h e n y o u 're c o m in g in to p o rt,
b u t m u c h m o re im p re ssiv e is th e re c e sse d sid e d e c k o n th e
sta rb o a rd sid e . T h e re is a d o o r b y th e h e lm to b rin g in fre sh
a ir a n d it is a lso v e ry h a n d y fo r d o c k in g . T h e w id e sid e d e c k
a lso fe a tu re s a la te ra l d o o r th ro u g h th e h u ll sid e a llo w in g y o u
to ste p u p o n to a fixe d p ie r o r a h ig h d o c k . W e c e rta in ly h a v e
th o se in C a n a d a , a n d if y o u h a v e to ste p u p fro m a sw im p la tfo rm , it c a n b e a b ig ste p ! T h is is a re a lly g re a t a rra n g e m e n t.
T h e d e c k d e sig n is a sy m m e tric a l to m a xim ize c a b in sp a c e
w h ile a c c o m m o d a tin g th e w id e sta rb o a rd d e c k y e t, th e b o a t
still h a s a p o rtsid e d e c k w ith ra ils so th a t y o u c a n g o fo rw a rd ,
o r a ll th e w a y a ro u n d th e c a b in o n th e to p sid e s.
A n o th e r im p o rta n t fe a tu re to m a k e liv in g in th e c o c k p it
m o re c o m fo rta b le is th e c a n v a s sh a d e th a t e xte n d s o u t o v e r
th e sp a c e . T h e te st b o a t w a s d o n e in b la c k to re d u c e g la re
a n d g iv e th e b o a t a h a n d so m e a c c e n t, a n d th e sh a d e e v e n
in c lu d e s c le a r o v e rh e a d w in d o w se c tio n s in c a se y o u w a n t a

little m o re lig h t.
F o r m a n y b u y e rs, th e b e st fe a tu re is th a t in a n y c o c k p it
c o n fig u ra tio n , th e flo o r is flu sh rig h t to th e fo rw a rd c a b in
ste p s d e liv e rin g o n e la rg e a n d c o n tin u o u s liv in g sp a c e . T h e re
is a th re e se c tio n fo ld in g g la ss b u lk h e a d a n d y o u c a n m o v e it
o u t o f th e w a y e ith e r to p o rt o r to sta rb o a rd d e p e n d in g o n
h o w y o u w a n t to c o n fig u re th e liv in g sp a c e , a n d it b e c o m e s
o n e se a m le ss liv in g a re a fro m th e h e lm a ll th e w a y b a c k to
th e tra n so m .
M a k in g th e m o st o f th is liv in g a re a , th e g a lle y is p o sitio n e d
o n th e a ft sta rb o a rd sid e o f th e c a b in b y th e b u lk h e a d so y o u
c a n e a sily se rv e in th e c o c k p it o r in th e sa lo n . T h e g a lle y u n it
is c o n c e a le d u n d e r a lid . In th e c lo se d p o sitio n , y o u h a v e a n ic e
c o u n te r to p w h e re y o u c a n sp re a d o u t c h a rts fo r e xa m p le , a n d
w h e n y o u w a n t to u se th e g a lle y, sim p ly lift it u p . S to ra g e lo c k e rs a b o v e th e g a lle y u n it a re o p tio n a l fo r so m e b o d y w h o p la n s
to c ru ise a n d n e e d s to ta k e m o re p ro v isio n s.
U n d e r th e to p is th e sta in le ss ste e l sin k , a tw o b u rn e r
e le c tric K e n y o n sto v e w ith p o p -u p silic o n p o th o ld e rs [a v e ry
c le v e r id e a ], a D a n b y m ic ro w a v e o v e n , c u tle ry d ra w e r a n d
tra sh lo c k e r. T h e W a e c o re frig e ra to r is lo c a te d b e sid e , u n d e r
th e h e lm se a t p e d e sta l.
T h e N C 3 3 is a h a n d so m e e xp re ss c ru ise r th a t is id e a l fo r
fa m ily c ru isin g o r fo r tw o c o u p le s. T h e b u ild e r h a s sig n ific a n tly in c re a se d th e p o w e r o f th e a ir c o n d itio n in g u n it to
e n su re c o m fo rt in sp ite o f a ll th e g la ss a re a in th e c a b in .
B y th e se tte e in th e sa lo o n is a fla tsc re e n T V th a t y o u c a n
a lso se e fro m th e c o c k p it. A n o th e r c le v e r fe a tu re is th a t th e
d in in g ta b le slid e s o n a tra c k to m a k e it m o re v e rsa tile a n d
th e ta b le itse lf c a n e v e n m o v e in to th e c o c k p it to fo rm a n L sh a p e d d in e tte o u td o o rs.
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