Mai mare nu este întotdeauna mai bine | 24 de ore de testare a Arcona 345 | Yachting Monthly

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1. Really wonderful boat. Arcona does a great job of remembering what’s important: sailing (off the wind AND MORE IMPORTANTLY to weather), decent living conditions below, sufficient/reasonable storage. They seem to do those core things really thoughtfully and well executed.

2. Not a big boat? Come for a weekend on my Contessa 26 with three guys and a springer spaniel. Maybe you saw us? We were the one, red hull, that shot passed you as you left the Lymington River. Then I woke up! Great review, how boats have come on since Mr Rogers built mine in Lymington 😀.

3. Bit naff having the shower at the entrance to the heads. Extra wet floor. And £315k, ouch.

4. 5:48 with that reach and body position you can put zero force into that mainsheet winch. Clearly not a boat designed with any solo work in mind.
   Plus a non hydraulic backstay, in a boat listed as a racer cruiser. Plz, this boat can't make up it's mind.

5. Confused:

   Opening line: …It's a bit like sailing a big dingy…

   ~1min later: …nobody wants to be cruising on a boat that is twitchy and really sensitive….

   So which one is it?

6. 34ft is small….hmmm

   I'll tell my 30ft 1988 jeanneau the bad news

7. Great boat. Thanks for the review.

8. Cute small boat, looks very comfortable for its size

9. Ludicrously expensive as it turns out

10. Great boat but no helm seat for someone who wants to cruise with it makes it too uncomfortable. Sitting on the rail for an extended sail along any coast will wear out even the most seasoned sailor.

11. Not impressed. I thought this was an old post. The design is a mirror copy of a Beneteau Oceanis 34/37 from 2008 inside and out., without the headroom and 3 x the price. Agree that the shower/loo combo is the wrong way round, I would think it’s about 50 to in terms of usage so why have the foot traffic (or wet foot traffic!) every time you need a pee, makes no sense at all. Also, when talking about the price did I hear you say the base price didn’t include the sails? Surly not. Must remember to make sure the wheels are included next time I buy a new car😂

12. Funny how it's 27 years later and my ridas 35 has almost the exact same weight, ballast,draught, lwl/loa, similar steel frame hull structure, similar keel stepped mast and frame mounted rig, performs at least similarly under sail and actually pulls of a 3 cabin layout with pretty much the same global interior layout and storage spots. But 200K pounds is just ridiculous and well over seven fold what I paid 7 years ago. All you get is an extra wheel…

13. I wish we could go back to a single wheel steering. Personal choice for a cruising boat.

14. I was thinking a used centre cockpit Moody 33 sloop comes in at circa 25k or 40k for an Island Packet 29 cutter rig. A nice full Keel so if you hit something you know your Keel won't fall off. With 300k guess I'd have plenty of change left over to fund my cruising ambitions.

15. OK

16. An OK boat for a ridiculously high price

17. Wonderful review. Arcona builds wonderful boats and are worth the price. I like that the interior is very well made and not an ikea boat interior of so many other boats these days.

18. Galvanized steel frame in the floor of a sail boat. What could go wrong?

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