BOTNIA TARGA 35
BUILT: 2018 PRICE: £485,000
The 35 Targa joined Botnia’s production of fast practical seaworthy commuters in 1998 and has sat resolutely in the middle of a range that spans from the smallest 23-footer to the 46ft flagship ever since, with Botnia gently and pragmatically evolving the model without ever losing what has always made this a great boat.
INTERIOR This is emphatically not a floating holiday home. If your priority is acres of internal volume then look away now. What you do get, however, is sturdy to the point of bulletproof and shot through with practical features, like a dinette table that slides up and down a pole so it can be adjusted to any height or raised up to the ceiling when not needed.
Head aft from the wheelhouse and you’ll drop down to a lower deck with a double berth situated on one side, single on the other, as well as the heads.
There’s a further cabin on the lower deck forward, usefully augmented by the CFC (comfort fore cabin) option that not only significantly increases headroom but also frees up space for a further ensuite heads.
EXTERIOR Outside is where this boat is at its most practical. Wide deeply bulwarked decks encircle the wheelhouse and fore cabin making this boat an absolute doddle to crew safely. One upgrade worth looking out for is the Hifly flybridge that extends the upper helm position across the roof creating far more seating than the original perch at the trailing edge of the wheelhouse of early examples. Introduced in 2005, every 35 the UK importer has sold
Length: 34ft 9in (10.6m) Beam: 11ft 5in (3.5m) Draught: 3ft 6in (1.1m) Displacement: 7.8 tonnes Fuel capacity: 1,185 litres Engines: Twin Volvo Penta D6-400 400hp diesel engines
has been specified with this game changing addition.
PERFORMANCE Mostly sterndrives (IPS is a recent and expensive alternative), all Targa 35s have twin engine installations. There’s a wide range of choices, from a pair of Volvo Penta D4s through to the D6 engines in 330hp, 370hp and 400hp guise. This has the largest, giving a genuine 40 knots!
SEAKEEPING Legendary. In terms of design priority, speed and seakeeping are Job #1. The 35 blasts through the rough stuff like an Exocet, throwing up huge curtains of water on either side.