MBM SEATRIAL MINOR OFFSHORE 36


further add to the air of practicality. On board, those high topsides result in wide, deeply bulwarked side decks, making the Minor one of the easiest and safest sub-40-footers to move around on. Don’t think for a moment that


this quasi-commercial craft is all about stripped-out, workboat minimalism, however. Where the Offshore 36 really scores is in combining a tough practical nature with genuine comfort and usability. So, rather than just a flat open aft deck, we find a large L-shaped seat surrounding a removable teak table and a further seat built into the wheelhouse’s aft bulkhead to create a


spacious exterior dinette. Walk forward along those generous decks and you find another small seat set into the coachroof at the foredeck. It’s the same story inside. The


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interior is squared off and functional, although the simple grey colour scheme is perhaps a touch commercial. There’s a spacious dinette area facing a full length galley, while up front, three comfortable forward-facing seats provide a panoramic view out


a The boat instills c sense of utter


onfidence and quiet calm


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Three comfortable, grippy bucket seats to help enjoy that 40-knot power


through the pilot boat-style reverse- sheer windscreens. At the helm, there is plenty of


space for proper charts as well as a large plotter, and the whole lower section of console, complete with


wheel and throttles, tilts to allow good ergonomics whether stood or sat. You can even reverse the seats to face aft to supplement the dinette seating at rest. Those big sliding doors on both sides and at


A useful galley sits opposite a large dinette but the grey colour scheme is a little drab


The forecabin boasts a good-sized double berth


The helm seats reverse and lift the worktop to reveal the galley Single and double berths in the mid cabin


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