The sporty and spacious 755 Weekender from Arvor is a boat that's made for being out on the water.
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This new model is midrange, built on Arvor's cornerstones of safety, comfort and style.
Designed for boaters to take it out to sea, explore local rivers or head out to a favourite fishing spot, the boat makes every voyage an adventure.
A powerful engine with up to 300 horsepower delivers great acceleration and top speed.
Meanwhile, the Mercury technology ensures safe and precise handling.
With a classic cabin design, it provides protection from the weather.
However, it also allows access through to the spacious cockpit for enjoying the outdoors.
Inside the cabin, there's room for nine people to move around.
The roomy cabin can be used for dining, socialising and cruising.
A hatch in the roof provides airflow to the cabin while coasting along.
The dining area seats up to four persons.
The port side dining table with facing bench seats provide a convivial space for guests.
They can also be converted into a third bed if it is needed.
The galley area - with starboard kitchenette, burner gas stove, fridge and sink - makes entertaining easy, located within earshot of the cockpit.
Cabin windows provide a 360-degree view from the wheel with an ergonomic helm that can be equipped with a large GPS and chart plotter.
All the switches are within easy reach, as well as the anchor winch control and trim tabs.
The boat's cockpit has an L-shaped seat across the transom and along the port side.
The central table can be dropped down to create another sunlounge, and with the addition of a cushion infill.
An optional reclining backrest extends the total sun lounge area.
There are multiple storage options throughout the boat's cockpit, including under the aft seating and under the floor.
Options include a slide-out awning, offering protection from the sun.
A deep cockpit and wide companionway steps to the foredeck guarantee safe passage to the bow area. There is a second sun lounge on foredeck.
Toward the stern, an extra-large transom door coupled with swim platforms with integrated swim ladder provide safe access to the water.
Down below, there is sleeping accommodations for four people.
The interiors cabins have been designed for overnight and weekend trips.
The large front forward berth is located in the bow, running at a slight angle to allow for a toilet, and comfortably sleeps two adults, with handy storage for small items.
The mid berth is suitable for one person, albeit on the small side.
All this, with the aforementioned ability to convert the dining area in a fourth berth, provides a lot of options for guests.
The boat's large hull windows, meanwhile, provide plenty of natural light in the sleeping area.
Using shorepower, there is also an option for air conditioning and heating to help maintain the desired temperature.
For the 755 Weekender, there is a choice of several inboard or outboard engines, all Mercury.
The maximum listed horsepower for the boat is 300 ho.
With this model, Arvor have upgraded their aesthetic, incorporating European styling.
It combines all the best elements of a fishing boat with a cruising craft.
Weekend trips away are the ultimate focus of this boat, with the design made to enjoy the best of an Aussie summer.
TROLLING ENGINE
Yamaha has revealed it is working on an outboard engine that includes an electric trolling motor built into it.
The design shows an outboard engine with an electrically powered prop mounted inside the drive leg.
The concept works on the electric props being submerged in water while the boat is moving at low speeds, but sitting up out of the water while the boat is up on a plane. The propeller’s direction is changed via an electric motor mounted on top of the unit.
The electric motors are linked to a joystick controller mounted in the boat’s cockpit.
ALL SET FOR CAT CLASH
Sydney Harbour will be awash with colour today as the revolutionary SailGP F50s of Australia, China, Great Britain, France, Japan and the US line up for the inaugural Sydney race.
The F50s are the fastest class of race boat in the world, anticipated to reach speeds of up to 50 knots. Australia’s boat is emblazoned with a giant kangaroo, Australian flag, and green and gold paint.
“Sydney Harbour feels tiny when you’re sailing with six F50s racing together, it’s going to be a spectacle, that’s for sure,” Aussie skipper Tom Slingsby said.
The Sydney SailGP is from February 15-16 on Sydney Harbour.