DELPHIA BLUESCAPE 1200 FLY

Launched in 1990 by Polish brothers, Piotr and Wojciech Kot, and now part of the large Beneteau Group, Delphia Yachts has developed into a boat builder of serious international repute. Headquartered in Warsaw with manufacturing facilities in Olecko, the company builds a fleet of seven motor boats from 26 to 42 feet with a focus on clean lines, good deck spaces, modern interiors and exceptional value for money. It used to build sail boats too until Beneteau decided it should concentrate solely on power.

Although it has been building boats for 30 years, the BluEscape 1200 Fly is the first flybridge model to emerge from the yard. Designed in conjunction with Tony Castro and sharing its hull with the award-winning 1200, this second of Delphia’s BluEscape cruisers takes the template laid down by the original 1200 hard top model and introduces an upper deck for those less concerned with air draft restrictions on inland cruising routes and more concerned with external lounging and entertaining space.

Perversely though, the Fly model actually seems better proportioned than the original 1200, which is so rigorous