On board the Solaris 40: a chic, contemporary fast cruiser with a spacious interior
Вставка
- Опубліковано 28 тра 2022
- After a dearth in 40ft performance cruisers from production yards in recent years, Solaris has come out with a spacious fast cruiser with its renowned minimalist style. Toby Hodges had a quick sail. Full report in Yachting World June 2022 issue
► Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to Yachting World's UA-cam page now - ua-cam.com/users/yachting...
► For the latest reviews, new gear launches and tour news, visit our website: www.yachtingworld.com
► Like us on Facebook here - / yachtingworldmagazine
► Follow us on Twitter at: / yachtingworld
► Feel free to comment below!
► Remember to hit that LIKE button if you enjoyed it :) - Спорт
What a sweet little family racer. Two couples, could have a nice summer exploring the med, sailing this slippery Solaris. Thx for the tour Toby
LİTTLE family racer??
Toby thank you sooooo much . You don’t imagine how eager we wait for your next reviews. Please check out the new Beneteau First 44. Will be out soon as we hear 👌🏼👍🏼
Thanks SMBD - yes I hope to sail the 44 when it launches this summer!
As always interesting and informative. Thanks Toby
I love the deck and the whole contemporary sleek design is awesome!
A good looking boat for a couple to hop Islands.. simple, clean finish. Deck is the best part without any table 🙂
Amazing yacht and great video
The boat looks visually much larger with this layout on deck. I even like that there is no table in front of the entrance to the lower deck
Thanks for showing reasonable sized boat for most of us merry mortals.
Have you seen the master bedroom on the Solaris 111? Wow, it's so warm and comforting and beautiful, unlike any yacht bedroom I've seen before.
That's a great looking boat, looks like a lot of fun to sail. Love the beamy design. If it was up to me, I would steal another few feet from the bow to create a much beamier fore cabin, with a king size bed. Seems a little tight for a boat that could be a long term cruiser. Also not so sure about the helm stations, can't really sit forward and single hand steer/trim, as there's nowhere to sit. Minor points, overall I really like the look and the underdeck lines, keeps the side decks and cockpit clear.
Owners suite is in the aft area
Definately a Med boat. Live onboard in a nice marina and either take it out for a blast for a day or sail to the next marina for the night. A bimini would spoil the lines but 1 day in a summer Med sun would have you searching for cover ...
Thank you for the review. How does it compare to Azuree 41?
Very pretty boat
Bloody hell, Watson! Didn't know Toby reviews monohulls?!
Very nice video, thanks for sharing your impressions, Toby.
I liked everything except the look into the anchor locker @ 1:38. I was quite shocked, to be honest. The inner side of the hull looks absolutely dreadful ... uneven surfaces and what appears to be a pretty 'sloppy' composite construction (... and I hope to be wrong on this). I always thought that Solaris stands not only for great looks and performance, but also high-quality construction. This picture seems to suggest otherwise.
Most 'bore bones' hulls of French performance cruisers and race boats I've had a chance to see (JPK, Pogo, Sun Fast) looked much better than this. Curios to hear your thoughts on this ...
Hi Toby, thanks for the review! Are you also going to test the new Solaris 60?
I hope so Michael, yes!
@@yachtingworld look forward to it!
Hard to believe that this man actually gets paid to do this “work” 👍🏻
'Up at the pointy end' must be the NEW technical term for the bow.
He did say bowsprit in the same sentence!
Very nice and well made boat. What does this boat cost?
He told you in the video lol, but it was 294.000 Ex VAT.
@@VirtanenDK missed that. Thanks
Comparable with the likes of Hanse etc
@@GonzoJamie No problem. Did a check on Solaris homepage. It says 262.000 £/325.000 € Ex vat. After the price you can read this --> Price is for basic yacht only!
Pricing is in the specs at the end of the video Jamie
@@yachtingworld noted. Thank you.
Very nice, but I would not last 30min in the SOCAL summer sun out on that helm.
That bright-white galley countertop is a designers mistake. The brighter the cabin, the more uncomfortable working in the galley will be, because the counterttop is reflective - working on it will feel like driving into a sunset. If you have an option, always choose a darker colour - brown or charcoal will work much better. You can prove this to yourself by trying to read a business card upside-down on a white surface - then try again on a darker surface and notice how much easier it is on the body. Boat factories put in white counter surfaces because they look good at the boat show, but it's not a smart choice in the long term.
A Rustler 43 cutter doesn't have an interior that looks like a kitchen that's gone horribly wrong. The hull windows should be much shorter, less numerous, higher up and have rounded corners. Not enough stuff to grab hold of on the deck.
Ok boomer
More sailing and less interior design would be great
How the hell are you supposed to trim and helm? The most awful winch positioning i have ever seen.
Remove your shoes ffs
Traveler on deck. Bad design 👎🏼
What a fantastically ugly boat, both inside and out. The whole thing looks like an unfinished design student's sketch of wht they think a boat should look like, with absolutely zero regard for practicality. Bleurgh
That's the whole point of a minimalist design, it's not a baroque boat with Christmas lights and dinguses everywhere.
I agree it's not optimized for practicality, but that's basically the definition of Italian design school - form over function.
If you love practicality so much, than you have choices, like the box shaped lagoon series cats for example with a boom starting at the 3rd floor.
There are different boat designs for different kind of people.
Viewed the Solaris 40 in The Netherlands on the hard and was not particularly impressed. The design seems to be all over the place! Toby spends more time on "asthetics" than say, lifting up the floor boards and showing us more dumb stuff!