It’s tough to imagine a cruiser of this length and volume looking any better
There’s a bit of a gap in the high-end 40ft sportscruiser market. Sunseeker doesn’t really get involved until the 55ft mark and while Princess’s V40 continues to provide a handy compact cruiser option, the fact that it’s been around since 2017 is beginning to show, not least in the simplicity of its deck layouts. So Fairline, canny operator that it is, has decided that now is the time to reinvent the entry point to its Targa range with a boat that bludgeons its way to the top with an irresistible blend of deck space, cruising capability, flexibility and quality. Yeah, yeah, we know. You’ve heard it all before. But as we arrive at a windswept Ipswich pontoon with a mindset somewhere between professional impartiality and resolute scepticism, it’s hard not to feel the love, because the styling of this thing is delicious.
The snub-nosed semi-plumb bow is neatly spiked with a set of backlit logos set into stainless steel strips. Above that, the parallel ‘spears’ that frame the foredeck sunpad are subtly picked out with recessed purple LEDs and the long plunging
