Boat Report
Pearl 50
Forecabin
sports a
typical
centreline
double.
Motorised black-out
blinds over ports are
a good example of
Pearl’s willingness
to accommodate
their customers.
Covered aft
deck and
plentiful
seating allow
alfresco dining.
Seat-backs to
right of dash
can be moved to
increase size of
forward sunbed.
sprung mattresses, a £17,000 passerelle and lots more besides The consequence is a boat that looks and feels smaller
The Pearl 50
– luxuries that you would often fi nd residing on other inside than it actually is. In fact, aside from the shoulder
builder’s extras lists. As always, the specifi cation battles are bashing intrusion in the forward shower, most of the critical
is a boat that
never entirely one sided, but the Pearl 50 defends its elevated dimensions: headroom, seat proportions, berth lengths and so
starting price well. on, are okay if not class best. Probably the most fi tting
wraps around
Pearl have some uncommon touches too such as the folding description of the Pearl 50 is ‘cosy’, but not in an estate agents
fender baskets and the electro-hydraulic high-low bathing sense – it is a boat that wraps around you and makes you feel
you and makes
platform. The most original is the electrically operated comfortable, more home-from-home than boutique hotel.
stainless steel patio door that glides open and shut at the press Like many aft-cabin boats, the Pearl 50 provides the option you feel
of a button. It’s a decadent but hugely practical feature, and of a comfortable lower dinette situated opposite the galley.
like other former luxuries that today have become necessities However, there’s no reason why the saloon seating can’t be
comfortable
– bow thrusters, for instance – one day we will all probably used for dining, thanks to a versatile table, which rises from
wonder how we struggled through life without electric doors. coffee table height at the touch of a button, then expands to
Pearl employ two people to design their boats. Bill Dixon dining table size courtesy of its infi ll. Two small chairs slide
handles the naval architecture and general engineering while across from the port side allowing the fi nal third pair to dine
Evan K. Marshall is responsible for the styling. Inside and out, here. If the three-cabin option is specifi ed, that third couple
the Pearl 50 is the antithesis of the pared down, ultra-clean can sleep in the ensuite cabin that supplants the lower dinette.
look spearheaded by the Italian builders. Its deck mouldings This is an area where the Pearl 50 is unique in mainstream
are complex and multi-faceted, while inside its high gloss 50ft territory, in being able to offer three full double cabins all
cherry joinery is busy and chunky, and it feels as reassuringly with ensuite heads, not the usual two cabins and two heads
solid as it looks. Witness the muscular and abnormally safe plus a tiny bunk-bed third cabin. Only the tri-cabin Fairline
steps up to the aft deck from the saloon that would not look Phantom 50 gets close in this department, and even then
out of place on a boat twice the size. without the luxury of the third ensuite.
MBY From January 2007
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