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    Smart and Stylish

    by ALAN HARPER Mar 21, 2017 5 minutes
    Source: Sunseeker has clearly learned a thing or two by serving the large, luxury-yacht market, but making those lessons work in a family cruiser is a neat trick indeed. Ask anyone if that swim platform is up for the task: This group (inset, opposite) may just have some thoughts on that topic.

    Sunseeker Manhattan 52

    LOA: 52'6"

    BEAM: 16'0"

    DRAFT: 4'2"

    DISPL.: 59,524 lb. (dry)

    FUEL: 580 gal.

    WATER: 158 gal.

    TEST POWER: 2/725-hp Volvo Penta D11-725s

    OPTIONAL POWER: 2/725-hp Volvo Penta IPS 950s

    TRANSMISSIONS: ZF 305-3A, 2.037:1 reduction ratio

    PROPELLERS: NiBrAl 5-blade, 27.5 x 36.6

    PRICE: Upon request

    Let’s begin at the end. The back end, if you don’t mind. Before you step up into the cockpit, have a look at this hatch in the transom. It reveals a useful locker, big enough for plenty of lines and a couple of fenders, stowed right where you want them. But now look up at the hatch lid: Yes, set into a plate of stainless steel, that is indeed a mixer faucet with the generous, circular head of a freshwater shower overhead. There is even a mirror.

    Now step to your left . Those seams in the center of the transom

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