Boat Report
Pearl 50
We like
traditional-looking. Some, like the conservatively styled Pearl can do to provide a fourth kids/crew cabin, but they
boats from Broom and Atlantic, don’t have a fl ybridge, have made the engineroom entry as easy as possible by fi tting
The chance to buy
another deal breaker for some buyers. In contrast, Pearl offer a large watertight door at the foot of the aft-cabin lobby. Once
something genuinely
different – an
aft-cabin fl ybridge boats with contemporary styling that inside, access to the day-to-day service items is okay, but
aft-cabin boat with
would not look out of place sat out in Puerto Portals amongst there’s no doubt that conventional aft-cockpit boats outdo the
bang-up-to-date
a gaggle of Sunseekers. And that is unique. Pearl 50 in this area, sometimes signifi cantly so.
contemporary styling There is one more trade-off to ponder. Aft cockpit boats
and a great standard
Ups and downs such as the Fairline Phantom 48 or the Sealine T50 have far
specifi cation.
Not surprisingly, there is a trade for this unmatched privacy. larger fl ybridges with much better stowage, not double the size
The aft cabin on the Pearl 50 takes the place of what would of the Pearl 50, but not far off on the T50. The fl ipside is easier
We don’t like
normally be a lazarette and a diminutive crew cabin (or crew movement around the Pearl 50’s decks. With only four steps
The strange fuel quarters plus a larger combined engineroom/lazarette) on a between the raised aft deck and the fl ybridge, not the usual
consumption
conventional aft cockpit fl ybridge boat around this size. Three seven or eight, the two areas on the Pearl feel more sociably
characteristics, which
things take a hit as a consequence: deck stowage, space in the connected and it’s easier to shuttle up and down, especially if
mean there is no way
to improve the cost-
engineroom, and any possibility of an albeit tiny fourth crew/ you are carrying drinks and food.
per-mile and range by
kids’ cabin.
slowing down below
Fortunately, Pearl have done everything they can to counter Inside and out
26 knots. these unavoidable compromises of the breed. Six big fenders Whether the Pearl 50 is fending off the glamorous aft-cockpit
can live in the natty folding fender baskets built into the fl ybridge boats or the conservative aft-cabin boats from the
guardrails alongside the forward sunbed, and this frees up a likes of Hardy and Broom, what stands out once you dig into
considerable amount of space in the fi ve main deck lockers. the extras list is just how much Pearl throw in as standard. A
The large electro-hydraulic hi-lo bathing platform takes care regular £665,355 Med-spec boat sports teak decks,
of the 50’s tender, infl atable or otherwise. There is nothing air-conditioning and a matching generator, a fl ybridge bimini,
Saloon
seating and
table are more
than adequate
for dining in the
two-cabin boat.
The chunky
interior styling
is by Evan K.
Marshall.
Fixed ports
above hob let
in light, but
not fresh air.
Lots of storage
around dinette
– under, behind
and above seats.
From January 2007 MBY
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