Moving on up

WE tested the original Nautitech Open 40 back in August of 2016; shortly after Bavaria Yachts bought the multihull boatbuilder and shortly before that company went into administration.

When a venture capitalist management company took over Bavaria one of the first announcements they made was to state that the Nautitech factory would continue as is. Such was the strength of the brand and the length of the order book.

Since then, of course, the Bavaria monohull name is also back in the market, as strong as ever.

So, in those ensuing three years, has much changed with this specific yacht in review? At that time, I mentioned this was one of my favourite yachts tested for 2016. Have they improved on that position?

BY DEGREES

All the best bits have been retained in this latest iteration of the Open 40, which makes sense. Most of the specifications should remain the same when you have a good template to begin with.

Side on you would think not much has changed from the last version: high freeboard