2016 preview: Salpa 38x, the comfort of a cruiser in less than 10 meters
Categories: Boats and Yachts
6 Ottobre 2015
Here’s the new Salpa 38x: 9.95 meters (length of hull or LH), with all the features of a proper cruising open, in terms of both style and livability.
Looking at the renderings you can’t miss the large, unencumbered side windows, which connect to the windscreen making a virtually clear superstructure: they give the effect of an open boat still under a hard-top shelter. Looking deeper into the features, the definition of cruiser is not ventured at all. There’s two galleys, one in the cockpit and one below, two cabins with en-suite, and much more. The cockpit couch is a dinette or a solarium, while beneath the floor, as customary for Salpa boats, there’s a technical room with much space for storage. As an option, the swim platform is hydraulically lifted to launch and haul a dinghy.
Belowdecks the space seems even more: as mentioned, there’s two double cabins with their own bathroom, and a mess amidships with dinette and galley.
Enginewise, there’s choice between two (twin) D4s by Volvo Penta: one option delivers 2x260HP, the second 2x300, for a speed - in the latter case - of 36 knots top and 27.5 cruise.
Cannes Yachting Festival, September 8 to 13, will be the stage to finally visit the Salpa 38x and arrange a test with the boatyard.
Salpa 38x in numbers
|
FEATURE |
VALUE |
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Length overall |
12.00 mt (39ft 4in) |
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Length hull LH |
9.95 mt (32ft 7in) |
|
Beam |
3.85 mt (12ft 7in) |
|
Displacement |
8000 Kg |
|
Engines |
2×260 or 300 HP, sterndrives |
|
Fuel tanks |
2×350 lt (2x92 US gal) |
|
Fresh water tank |
250 lt (66 US gal) |
|
CE design category |
B |
Claudio Russo
Inizia nella nautica, che poi lascia per fare esperienze in vari altri settori della comunicazione. Diventa giornalista e passa nella sfera dello sport, dove ha partecipato anche alla realizzazione di alcuni fra i primi siti d'informazione in ambito calcistico e delle Olimpiadi di Sydney 2000. Nel 2002 torna nella nautica come caporedattore di un mensile fino alla nuova sfida raccolta nel 2013 con BoatMag.
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