MBM SEATRIAL aquador 22c


foredeck – without the inconvenience of converting the wheelhouse dinette. The wheelhouse itself boasts


plenty of headroom and to help on the fresh air front it is equipped with a pair of opening deckhead hatches. In fact, it would be hard to find a lighter, easier-to-see-out-of boat because you are totally surrounded by glass. This has been achieved by pruning the top of the toilet compartment, making it tall enough to sit in rather than stand. In doing so it means that you don’t end up with part of the outlook – usually astern – being obscured by a bulkhead. If this sounds more gimmicky than practical it isn’t. The compartment, equipped with a sea toilet rather than a Porta Potti, is big enough to sit in and it’s blessed with an extractor. Nestling between the


there’s a double mattress


hInstead of sousing a e terndrive tngine under


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toilet cubicle and the helm is a neat galley complete with a hob and stainless steel sink, plus there is space for an


he aft deck,


The GRP steps hinge out of the way


up through the screen to the teak-laid foredeck hinge out of the way, so the V-shaped settee can be converted to a double berth. Lockers here are lined and large enough to bundle the bedding when it’s not required and further stowage is


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provided within various voids in the sole, all of which are fully moulded out. Venture to the other end of the


optional fridge. There’s a good-sized countertop locker outboard and for other bits and pieces there is a useful nest of drawers built into the seat base opposite. This seating is part of the four-person dinette and, as well as housing the drawer unit, its width can be increased thanks to a clever sliding arrangement, which makes it several inches wider and less of a squash for two. The dinette backrest also flips over so the occupants can face forward while underway, and it was good to find a steadying handrail nearby. The set of GRP steps that lead


Access forward couldn’t be easier


The moulded GRP steps that lead up through the screen fold down to allow access to the convertible double berth


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