VISIONS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

Earlier this year Boating profiled the Menorquín 34 HT, built in the Spanish Balearic Islands by Sasga Yachts. This is its big sister, the 13-metre-long Menorquín 42 HT, and she shares some of the same distinctive features.

The Menorquín range (pronounced Men-or-keen) are based on the look and shape of a traditional small Balearic fishing boat, the . From its rounded stern to its swept-up sheerline, oval portholes and wooden stem post on the foredeck and the timber radar block on top of the cabin, these boats retain a classic look while offering all the comforts you’d expect from a modern cruising launch. As well as the smaller, 10.5-metre 34, which has found a home in the Marlborough Sounds, there’s also a