Motor Boat & Yachting

THE PERFECT SNOW BALL

Reaching across the cockpit table of a Finnmaster T8 I shook Neville Williams’ hand. He’s the owner of Ideal Boats, the UK main dealer for Finnmaster, and we’d just agreed a deal at the 2017 Southampton Boat Show. We had ordered the flagship T8 model and managed to secure an early delivery slot for a fully-loaded version, which had been destined to appear at another boat show.

Arrangements were made to transport it from the factory in Finland, where it was already pre-rigged to accept the Yamaha outboard, back to Southampton for the motor to be fitted and the installation completed.

Even though I was impressed from the ouset with what this model

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