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Nice to see you in our neighborhood, I hope you had a nice time! I've just been out on a boat trip in our slightly smaller XO and it was *_so comfortable_* even in the rough stuff, we barely felt even the sharpest cross-multiplied wakes! And I caught the biggest Pike in my life, which was also nice. We've already had many years of fun boating in our XO...it even survived another boat properly crashing into our boat. Aluminium boats just take everything in their stride!

Sold! - I'll take 3. Seriously, this is where Scandinavian design comes into it's own. This is the first boat I've seen that would tempt me away from a Targa.

What happens to water that comes over the bow into that sunken mid deck section? I couldn’t see any scuppers and they’d need to be fairly substantial on what’s supposed to be a heavy weather boat

A very nice boat, nice finishes and equipment with some ingenious design features. Great tour thank you Alex.

Definitely one of the better boats at this size, great design and quirks, really like that the hull is Ali.

Really do like this one in the manner that it was built and for the purpose given. Do wish they would have made the aft cabin with a shower though. Overall, very nice! Many thanks for the tour.

Interesting review of an interesting boat. Still a bit of work to do, but impressive for hull number one.

The XO has a nice layout, I love the under deck chillout area. Good speed too. Not sure if it's your microphone having noise cancelling and making it sound even quieter, but it sounded silent on the move. Maybe just far less clatter and vibration than Diesels and the outboards don't have a sports exhaust mode turned on. Are petrol boats of this style practical in the UK? I have no real knowledge of it.

It’s a great boat but I’d definitely separate the fuel fills from the water and I couldn’t see any scuppers or drains on the sunken side decks. Otherwise love it.

this is it! im gonna buy.

Do we know what if any insulation there is between the fiberglass outer layer and the inner walls?

Not sure about having the water filler right next to the sewage and fuel...

What is the price of this boat ?

I would eliminate the back cabin. Add 2' to the main cabin but keep the bump out and rear bathroom. Remove rear "C" shaped seating. Make the stern area with a live well in the gunell move the generator under the stern floor. Eliminate 1 a/c unit, add 100 gallons more fuel, and it would be a decent fishing boat. By making the main cabin larger, the seating area can become a bunk and they still have a head for themselves. It is a nice looking boat as it stands but the American version should be more towards fishing and range. Which would enhance its appeal toward the market here. While the style will still sell the wife end of it. If they would put sparrow props also they might gain an additional 20% to fuel savings along with the extra 100 gallons of fuel you would be looking to a range of roughly 380 miles which would make a great offshore fishing boat and a good travel boat on long weekends.

What would be the estimated range if slowed to 8-12 knots?

can it cross atlantic?

I’ve just send the UK price. I really like the boat, but bare GRP in the cabins at that price is a bit of a big ask.

Superior use of length and volume to the Axopar 45.

Hands down the silliest boat I've ever seen. With the possible exception of the amphicar. Overpriced nordic rubbish.