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1 FAIRLINE GIVES YOU WINGS

Fairline has released details of a brand new Squadron 58 that will replace the outgoing Squadron 53 later this year. And in a first for the British yard it will feature fold-down aft terraces and an extensive beach club.

The renderings reveal a clean, elegant profile with all the usual Fairline design cues, including the signature triple styling bars on the superstructure and a sleek forward-raked flybridge hardtop.

However, it’s the outside spaces that really set this new Squadron apart. As well as the full-length flybridge and foredeck terrace, it features a versatile aft cockpit with an eye-opening array of different options.

Traditionalists can still opt for a built-in transom sofa and either a fixed or hi-lo platform large enough to take a Williams 345 jet tender. But there’s a wow alternative – an optional Beach Club package that includes modular aft-deck furniture that can face both ways, a glass transom, fold-down quarter balconies and a much bigger hydraulic platform that extends from the base of the transom to boost the LOA by 3ft 3in (1m). The portside balcony includes sockets for a pair of slot-in stools, while drop-down glazing enables the aft galley countertop to double as a bar.

The aft-deck doors to the main saloon are also a little different from the norm. Instead of running parallel to the transom they are set