FAIRLINE TARGA 38

When Fairline launched the Targa 33 in 1984, it was the first of the Targa line. And 1984 was a very different era – most boat companies were still run by the people who set them up. And those company owners simply built whatever they felt their customers would like to buy.

Fairline was run by Sam Newington. And the rationale behind the first Targa was simply his desire for a larger sportscruiser to park outside the waterside holiday home he and his wife Briony kept in Port Grimaud (at the time, Fairline’s largest sportscruiser was the 26ft Sunfury). And if they wanted one, he reasoned, surely others would too? History proved him correct. As well as selling 357 33s until production ceased in 1991, it spawned an entire range of sportscruisers that is still being added to today.

But most fascinating is just how closely the 2006 Targa 38 echoes