SPECIFICATIONS
MAKE Arcona
MODEL 345
PRICE FROM £204,750 ex VAT
DESIGNER Stefan Qviberg
BUILDER Arcona Yachts
WATCH THE VIDEO www.yachtingmonthly.com/arcona345
Bigger isn’t always better. Yes, the longer the boat the faster you go, theoretically, and the more space you get on board, but the bills go up exponentially, and the further you are away from the water and the beautiful feeling of wind and water balancing to create speed. In many ways, the best boat is the smallest boat you can get away with for the cruising you want to do.
So I was excited to take the baby of the Arcona range out for a spin last summer not just once, but twice, including an overnight, giving us over 24 hours aboard, letting us properly put the boat through her paces in a test that included night sailing through the Hurst Narrows, anchoring in Newtown Creek in the dark, swimming off the boat in the morning, making breakfast, washing up and even using the heads. In short, experiencing the boat as she is meant to be used. The 345 is an update of the Arcona 340, first launched a decade ago. When tested her then, we loved the boat and her sailing could not be faulted, but there were a few niggles and rough edges; the 345 promised to have addressed these. On this latest model, twin wheels control the single deep rudder, replacing the single large wheel, making a clear walk through to the transom, which is now
