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55' 3" 15' 0" 3' 10" 32,850 lb. 520 gallons 170 gallons 435-hp Volvo Penta IPS600s (x3)

34 knots 309 nm* $2,075,000 as tested CONTACT: (401) 862-4367, Assumes 10 percent reserve

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TEST CONDITIONS: Air temperature: 85°F; humidity: 75%; seas: 1-2’; wind: 7 knots; load: 265 gal. fuel, 130 gal. water, 2 persons, 200 lb. gear. Fuel burn were measured by the Volvo Penta engine-monitoring system. Speeds were measured in two directions with Raymarine GPS. Range is based on 90% of advertised fuel capacity. Sound levels were measured at the helm. 65 dB(A) is the level of normal conversation.

NOTEWORTHY OPTIONS: Guest cabin with wet head ($49,500), cockpit bimini ($9,950), KVH M3 DirecTV satellite TV receiver ($9,800); additional Raymarine display ($9,249); Raymarine T303 thermal-imaging system ($13,725); side-byside Miele washer/dryer ($12,920); Sealift hydraulic swim platform ($49,950).

If you’re a cruising couple with occasional guests, the single stateroom forward will be all you need. MJM also offers a second stateroom option, but you give up the saloon dinette and the open deckplan below.

The galley and saloon area is pleasant, with a dinette that converts to a guest berth with hi-lo table. A gently curving overhead and polished steel vertical pole for a handhold at the companionway give it a real sailboat feel, another nod to Johnstone’s sailing-past. That’s one thing about the MJM interior spaces—you know you’re on a boat.

The master is en suite, with hanging lockers, a desk, and a fixed, upholstered chair that struck me as odd until I heard Johnstone explain it. “It adds greatly to livability, whether more privacy at night, putting on shoes, reading, being ‘at the office,’ or making private phone calls,” Johnstone says.

That chair is an excellent summation of the whole design brief—it’s what one man thinks will work for him, and he happens to think you may see it his way. And when said man has the boatbuilding chops Johnstone has, he may be right.

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