Motor Boat & Yachting

SOLARIS POWER 44

here are few things more glamorous than a stylish open boat on a hot September day in the heart of the Cote d’Azur. And yet it’s remarkable how quickly any pretences of glamour evaporate when you’re being thrown around like an ice cube in a cocktail shaker and regularly doused with plumes of salt water. So it was with some trepidation that we headed out into the Bay of Cannes in the Solaris Power’s new 44ft open day boat/weekender to find a stiff F5 breeze and a substantial 2-3ft swell rolling ominously across the Bay. Any hopes of admiring the view over its immaculate

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