ARVOR GUERNSEY 34

A quality wheelhouse cruiser, with classic lines, a big, flared bow and a coloured hull, is not something you would expect from a manufacturer of modern mass market GRP sportsfishers. But, in 2006, Arvor broke tradition by creating a line of US-style lobster boats.

Described as a ‘crossover fisher’, the Guernsey 34 is one of two traditional-style models and is truly multinational. It was built under the patronage of French company, Arvor, which was part of the huge American marine corporation, Brunswick, designed by Polish naval architect, Jacek Centkowski, and built in Poland. The Channel Island of Guernsey printed on its stern quarter completes the set and is perhaps a representation of its English-speaking target audience.

The elegant, single shaftdrive, six-berth, 37-foot model made its head-turning UK debut at the 2007 London Boat Show. Priced from £148,000, it came equipped with two useful options as standard, an electric windlass and a bowthruster. Describing the Guernsey line as ‘beautiful’ and ‘very low production’, UK Arvor dealer at the time, Essex Boatyards, now told that the builder was producing roughly 12 a year up until production ceased in around 2010. Brunswick confirmed