LOA: 35ft 0in (10.68m) BEAM: 11ft 5in (3.48m) ENGINES: twin Yamaha F300 outboards TOP SPEED: 45 knots PRICE: TBC CONTACT: www.quarken.com
Quarken’s 35 Cabin was never likely to be alone for long – and in line with fleet protocol, Q the new flagship is now set to be joined by a rather lovely looking T-Top variant. Due for its public unveiling at the Cannes Boat Show in September, the new boat will use an identical lower deck. That will provide an open-plan forward owner’s cabin, plus a port heads compartment and a starboard bench that can be rigged as an extra guest berth for an adult or two kids without the fuss of separate infills.
In spite of its open layout, the T-Top’s deck furniture also echoes that of the pilothouse arrangement. There’s a fore-and-aft galley to port, opposite a raised dining station that makes good use of reversible backrests at the twin helm. But in this case, the absence of bulkheads enables the primary entertaining zone to extend further aft, where it integrates neatly with a bench seat at the leading edge of a large cockpit sunbed.
There are neat two-man seats built into the bulwarks on both sides to help increase the sociability of the aft cockpit without obstructing the deck space and there’s plenty of room inside the cen
