Broadblue sets sail for Southampton
26 July 2006
Ipswich based Broadblue Catamarans, now the UK’s leading catamaran builder will show its highly successful Broadblue 385 at this year's Southampton Boat Show. The 385 is an ideal family cruiser offering exceptional accommodation for a boat of its size while sailing is made easy with its aptly named “Easy Sail Rig”. This has a small mainsail stepped aft with a large furling genoa providing fast and stable performance. An alternative “Sport” option takes the rig further forward with a large roached, fully battened main and smaller genoa. The sport rig is designed for fast passage making and for those who enjoy even more exhilarating sailing.
The accommodation offers superb space and amenity with a large airy saloon featuring an impressive oak dining table, luxurious seating and a chart table with swing-out seat. A well fitted galley is also located on the main bridgedeck area providing a comfortable working area with sink, hob and oven, plus refrigeration.
Stepping down into the hulls gives access to the main sleeping accommodation and heads/shower facilities. There are two layout options for the hulls. The standard specification has three double cabins and two pilot berths. A large head/shower compartment with the option of an additional walk-through head/shower in the starboard hull. The Twin Stateroom layout has two double berth cabins and two pilot berths. There is a head and shower in each forward hull area.
On deck, the Broadblue 385 offers enormous space for relaxation, with a spacious cockpit and superb boarding and diving steps off the stern of each hull. Moving around the boat is safe and easy with wide side decks. When its time to take the sails down, the 385 has two 20 hp diesels with saildrive units to make manoeuvrability in tight marinas a pleasure.
The Broadblue 385 is an outstanding British design from a company that is fast becoming a world leader in catamaran development.
