When Bowman Yachts, recently merged with Rival, launched its first new design in 1987, there was less of Laurent Giles’s elegance and more of Chuck Paine’s chunky, go-anywhere good looks. She is an uncompromising long-distance cruising yacht, semi-custom built to the highest standards with lots
of excellent details. There are en suite cabins fore and aft, with a large saloon amidships. The galley is huge, though a fair amount of storage is taken up by the engine, which is installed unusually far forward. She handles well and has a comfortable, long-legged performance.

LOA 12.17m (39ft 9in), LWL 9.75m (32ft), beam 3.84m (12ft 6in), draught 1.5m (4ft 9in),
displacement 8,620kg (19,000lb). YM Test Report May 1988.