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Balancing the Equation

APOLLONIAN 52

LOA

52ft.

Beam

16ft. 8in.

Draft

4ft. 5in.

Displacement

48,000 lbs.

Engines

2x 425-hp Cummins QSB6.7

Fuel

500 gal.

Water

240 gal.

When two Pacific Northwest-based marine industry veterans, Vic Parcells and Howard Apollonio, linked up on a new boat design, their mission was to fill a void in the 50-foot-range cruising market left by the departures of brand names such as Meridian, Navigator and Carver.

Parcells, a yacht broker and partner at Crow’s Nest Yachts Seattle, was dealing with a lack of inventory

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