Marquis 420 SB

I spoke with John McGee of Bosun’s Marine ( www.bosuns.com), who sold the particular boat in this story just recently. Here’s what he had to say about her: “The 420 is a unique vessel as far as American boats go,” he said. It was designed by Nuvolari-Lenard of Italy. With typical American production builds, things can get kind of cookie cutter in the looks department. This boat is anything but. It’s very stylish. When you look at the boat, frankly, it’s stunning.”

“And it runs fantastically,” he continued. “The boat in this story has a pair of [Volvo Penta] IPS600s in it, and they were phenomenal for that hull. Also, that 420 had every bit of luxury you could ask for. The boat had a custom cockpit grill station and a separate cockpit control for the pods, plus a hydraulic swim platform so you could launch your Jet Ski or tender.”

“It has two staterooms, a forward island queen, and an amidships cabin with two twins, then a settee in the saloon also converts to a berth to sleep six in total,” McGee said.

“For 2015 this boat is named the 430,” he explained. “There will be some changes, mostly to the layout I think. The 420 was a single-head boat, and I’d suspect they’re going to put two heads on the 430, and implement some profile changes as well.”

“I should note, the 420 sold for $890,000,” he finished.

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