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T h e d o u b le s iz e h e lm fe a tu re s
g re a t s ig h tlin e s , tw in R a y m a rin e o r
G a rm in s c re e n s , tilt w h e e l,
fo o tre s t a n d a ll d a y c o m fo rt.

B y : J o h n A rm s tro n g a n d A n d y A d a m s

T h e la te st n e w m o d e l fro m C ru ise rs Y a c h ts is th e C a n tiu s
4 2 a n d th is y a c h t m a d e its d e b u t in th e fa ll o f 2 0 1 7 , a t th e
F o rt L a u d e rd a le In te rn a tio n a l B o a t S h o w . W e h a d th e
p le a su re o f g o in g a ll th ro u g h th is n e w e st C a n tiu s th e re a n d
c le a rly, th e C ru ise rs Y a c h ts p e o p le c o n tin u e to re fin e a n d
e xp a n d o n a ll th e fe a tu re s th a t h a v e m a d e th e C a n tiu s lin e
su c h a su c c e ss.
T h e n e w 4 2 c o n tin u e s th e C a n tiu s fa m ily re se m b la n c e w ith h a n d so m e a n d d istin c tiv e lin e s in c lu d in g a
b ig se c tio n o f h u ll sid e g la zin g p o rt a n d sta rb o a rd th a t
m a k e s th e fu ll-b e a m m id -sh ip m a ste r sta te ro o m fe e l v e ry
b rig h t a n d o p e n .
T h e p rim a ry d e sig n p h ilo so p h y b e h in d th e C a n tiu s
m o d e ls is to o ffe r a n e xp re ss c ru ise r w h e re th e fu lly
e n c lo se d m a in c a b in h a s o n e fla t flo o r th a t e xte n d s
th ro u g h th e e n tire c a b in a n d in to th e c o c k p it c re a tin g o n e
c o n tin u o u s liv in g a re a . A s y o u g e t re a d y to c a st o ff, ju st
o p e n th e b ig g la ss b u lk h e a d d o o r. L a te r, th is slid e s c lo se d
a n d lo c k s m e a n in g th a t th e re is little o r n o c a n v a s to sto w
w h e n y o u r d a y is d o n e . C o n v e n ie n c e is a n o th e r m a jo r
d e sig n d riv e r fo r su re .
In m o st a re a s o f N o rth A m e ric a , w e d o c k ste rn -to a n d
th e sw im p la tfo rm is th e e a sie st, (a lth o u g h n o t th e o n ly )
w a y to b o a rd th e b o a t. T h e ste rn b e c a m e a m u c h b ig g e r
d e sig n fo c u s o n th e C a n tiu s 4 2 . F irst, it fe a tu re s q u ite a
b ig sw im p la tfo rm th a t w ill h a v e ro o m to c a rry a d in g h y if

y o u w a n t o n e . T h e a v a ila b le e le c tric a lly a d ju sta b le p la tfo rm c a n b e lo w e re d in to th e w a te r to flo a t th e d in g h y o n ,
b u t th is is a lso g re a t fo r sw im m in g . T h e b o a rd in g la d d e r
c a n d ro p d o w n in to th e w a te r b u t w ith th e p la tfo rm in
th e lo w e re d p o sitio n , y o u c a n ju st sw im u p a n d h o p o n .
T h e n , C ru ise rs h a s d e sig n e d a v e ry c le v e r se t o f fo ld in g
ste p s m a k in g it e a sy to w a lk u p fro m th e p la tfo rm a n d
in to th e c o c k p it.
T h e w a lk -th ro u g h is o n th e p o rt sid e b e c a u se th e
L -sh a p e d c o c k p it se a tin g g o e s a c ro ss th e tra n so m a n d u p
th e sta rb o a rd sid e to th e sa lo n b u lk h e a d . A c h o ic e o f tw o
re m o v a b le c o c k p it ta b le s le ts y o u a c c o m m o d a te p ro b a b ly
n in e o r te n p e o p le h e re - v e ry sp a c io u s a n d w ith c a v e rn o u s
sto ra g e u n d e r th e se a ts a s w e ll. A lso in th e w a lk -th ro u g h a re
th e sh o re p o w e r c o n n e c tio n s, fre sh w a te r w a sh -d o w n a n d a
h a n d -h e ld sh o w e r to rin se o ff a fte r a sw im in sa ltw a te r.
T h e sw im p la tfo rm is a lso y o u r o u td o o r g a lle y a n d th e re
is a n a v a ila b le ste rn m o u n te d K e n y o n e le c tric g rill, a
V itrifrig o d ra w e r ty p e b e v e ra g e re frig e ra to r a s w e ll a s a
d e e p sto ra g e sp a c e fo r a b u n c h o f e n o rm o u s fe n d e rs o r
w a te r to y s.
T h e se a m e n itie s w o rk w e ll w ith th e c o c k p it re fre sh m e n t sta n d th a t h a d a V itrifrig o ic e -m a k e r. T h e te st b o a t
w a s e q u ip p e d w ith a se a g ra ss m a t flo o rin g . It's a n a ttra c tiv e w o v e n m a te ria l th a t's so ft o n th e fe e t b u t d o e s n o t
h o ld w a te r th e w a y c a rp e t w ill. A n o th e r g re a t c o c k p it
fe a tu re is th e e le c tric a lly re tra c tin g su n sh a d e th a t c o v e rs
th e e n tire a re a .
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