BEST O F B OT H WORLDS?

The guest VIP is in the bow with a centreline double bed and ensuite access to the day heads, whilst the master is full beam and amidships, utilising all that volume to give a completely flat floor rather than the gently stepped surface of the 50 and 54 – a facet not lost on Rick Lloyd, who keeps his Princess 52 in Lymington Yacht Haven. It’s Princess number four for Rick, who started down the Princess path with a 42.

“That was a great boat,” Rick tells me, “but we fell for the full beam master cabin of the Princess V48, the first boat within our budget to sport one. We loved the cabin in that boat but missed the flybridge”. A Princess 49 followed,