This sturdy liveaboard cruiser has a diesel-electric heart | Hardy 42 Hybrid yacht tour | MBY 

Been looking at a lot of vessels , this one makes the most sense!

This vessel would be perfect for the US Great Loop. There would be a well received market on our side of the pond for this lovely boat.

I love the blue cushions with the light wood, and the chrome steel table legs, around it, in the main living area. Very well done.

A proper boat and then some. Hardy's are a different level. Great walkthrough Hugo. Cheers for that. However, you failed to notice or just point out the seamless transition of the grain in the veneers throughout the vessel. Every cupboard, drawer etc. Shocking oversight on your part. I shall write to my MP... 😀

This is one gorgeous mini ship. Wonderful craftsmanship on show, great carpenters at Hardy!

Without question the most beautiful boat I've ever seen!

Hi Hugo. A sturdy seaworthy boat. Very practical, all weather cruiser. Acres of storage, hybrid technology for silent rechargeable propulsion. This has absolutely everything and British built craftsmanship. Great walkthrough video tour thanks 😊

Great tour, amazing that you can make something so watchable in one take! Well done.

I really love this for traveling through and around Europe.

That's an impressive live aboard boat, the woodwork is beautiful.

My compliments on your description of the hybrid propulsion system. Thanks.

What a beauty,so well made.

Why can't we have a boat like this in the US? This is pure genius at work the whole hybrid idea is wonderful in every sense of the word..! This is everything a liverboard person would want and I'm sure it is worth the asking price

A classic yet modern boat. Very classy.

From time to time I like to visit the Cockwells website and drool over the Duchy 21 but I had no idea that they had bought Hardy. This vid had me daydreaming of crossing over to Norway and cruising the Fjords on this beautiful boat. Thanks Hugo, this vid was pure escapism. 👍❤️🇬🇧

A superb tour, thanks Hugo. And what a stunning boat, fabulous design and build. Hope my Lotto tickets come up soon 😆

Love that boat, it looks really nice. And love the hybrid system

Gorgeous boat, it would be a blast on the great lakes.

great tour of a simply lovely boat.

To the manufacturer, you've done a wonderful job with that 42.

Fantastic boat

Excellent video Hugo,and very beautiful boat

Very thorough tour Hugo. I like how the side cleats are mounted out of the way of toes and shins, so many boat builders miss the mark on that one! As for that being a "domestic" sized refrigerator/freezer, only if you DON'T plan on stocking up for a week or so!

Beautiful boat and well presented.

Fantastic clever made. Omg when you forget where you put your keys.

Very clever interior design. She looks attractive from the outside.

The planning design is excellent

Love this boat!

This boat is amazing!

Really wonderful boat!

Wow, nice boat !!

Sweet little boat!

Loving ❤ it

This is rather interesting yacht.

nice vlog and informative video

For the right purpose, this will be a fantastically economical boat. I have a plug-in hybrid car and I'm getting 74 mpg.

Nice tour, thanks. Who is a electric motor manufacturer, and how big is battery bank?

Lekker man lekker

I like the hardy boat’s if the weather not so good you could still go out

Nice to have the backup with the electric motor if need be. More room in the engine room.

this is the perfect boat to have in europe

As always, a great video, you have a great way of showing boats. I was particularly interested in the fact they're going to go through the waterways of Europe, I've been trying to research how low the bridges are, if you want to get all the way down to the med, but this is proofing very difficult. Appreciate this is slightly off-topic, but if you've got any advice I'm all ears.

Think that is a crazy to place to have a pair of glass windows positioned right where they are when walking right up to the boat

Lovely boat Hugo 🙂……. right up my stream…… I would try to get the galley up to the saloon opposite the dinette and try to squeeze a two bunk cabin in its place…… but I’m just greedy…… 🙂🇬🇧

Love the sturdy no nonsense ethos of this vessel. I would be interested to know what the range would be just using the electric motor and generator cruising at 6 knots? Could It it possibly go 1500 miles or more?

Very well designed cruiser...I can see myself living aboard quite comfortably. however there are a few things I'd change.. the top of the cabin doors @5:40 looks like it could do some damage should you slip or fall on them...the middle seat next to the pilot chair @10:53 could use a rail about elbow height at the right ..that's a fairly high fall if a heavy sea pitched you to the right over the woodwork and for a boat with all that storage and ability to long distance cruise that fridge/freezer combo is too small..

Diesel electric, this is the way! Components are much more reliable these days, perfect for coastal cruising at displacement speed trips!

hi hugo.i do like hardys.it will keep its value.i wonder if one can just run the generator with 2x1000 liter tanks.lol.take care hugo.;)

So if that gen were to fail, how would you be able to repair? Is there other hatches?

Nearly bought a Hardy, ended up with a Broom 450 instead. Like the idea of a hybrid yacht though..

Nice

Lithium in the cabin area potential for fire in a marine application ?

That is a very handsome boat - I'd love one but not a hybrid.....I'm pleased that Hardy's have been taken over by Cockwells - it would be shae to lose another British brand....that's a great video Hugo....

Great vid, but you frustratingly skipped over the joysticks at both helms. Is it one joystick controlling bow and stern thrusters?

Nice review, up tempo, rivalling Nick Burnam for enthusiasm... well done Hugo...upping your game.

Hardy vs Fleming ? Which would you choose and why ?

This is an amazing piece of craftsmanship. Should love to know the price of this one.

I am in Texas. Can we get it in a 100 meter model ?

Will these be available in the USA?

Why didn't they install a couple of OceanVolt electric drives and go diesel / electric? Put a generator on the engine and have no mechanical connection between the engine and the props. Run off batteries if you like, or engine, your choice.

I would happily give up sailing for a motor yacht like this. I am getting to old for no wind, too much wind or a perfect wind but in the wrong direction. Cruise the canals down to the med via a few vinyards, oh to dream. Come on Lotto it must be my turn. Any chance of seeing a sea trial?

Why do the openings of those ventilation pipes on the front deck (just ahead of the windows) face forward? Can't surf/splash get in if the openings face forward?

I like it still and this is just my opinion but it looked better with traditional steel frames on the windows and portholes.

Nice boat, but only one prop?

no air con might get a bit moist in the med

Love to get a quid for every time he says 'proper'....I'll be able to afford one of these boats in no time :)

Clever way to ease the air draft, maybe $200,000 worth.

Really, my only question is, are any access hatches? Diff topic: The hidden TV is deployed manually ‘nothing electric, nothings going to fail.’ Yet the dining table is on an electric lift. I’d prefer to take the risk, like with the dining table, and have the TV on an electric lift. Also, a larger TV than the small computer monitor which manually drops down from the ceiling.

I typed in Proper and it brought me here.

drinking game word is "proper" and now I'm dead

I really like this too bad I can’t get 1 in the US

How much is this one?

Just for fun, what is the approximate cost? 🤔

Is this a Category A or B in terms of seaworthiness?

It’s nice but what do you do when you need to change the motor?? I guess you tear off the flybridge! 🙈🖖🏼🇺🇸

Working on the engine in that small space would be a nightmare.

Wouldnt the diesel running at 6knts be just as environmentally friendly as the generator running the hybrid system at 6 knts? I can see how for the first two hours when you leave the dock after having topped up the batteries from shore power, that could in theory be better for the environment. But once you go beyond those 12 nautical miles and need to turn on the generator top up the batteries again, then its hard to see much gain from the system. That hybrid system seems like a lot of added complication and cost for not much gain, unless you happen to have a use scenario where you are frequently going to take trips that are 12nm or less and don’t mind doing that at 6knts. Or am I missing something? Don’t get me wrong, I love the boat other than the hybrid aspect. I know thats the future and look forward to it, but i think this implementation shows that the technology just isn’t ripe yet for this sort of vessel.

20kw gets a 42footer up to 6knots? Thats niice

what about a couple 25 hp Yanmars running generators for redundancy and having even more lithium Ion batteries...? No need for the big diesel.... If you need a few miles of full power/ higher speed , run both small engines at top rpm and draw off the batteries....

My wife always calls me "a little ship"....

Cost ?

Air con/heating?

Looks very nice but such a limited range, would have expected at least 1,000 miles on the engine. Don't like the galley either, no fiddle rails or pan clamps on the hob, it would be OK for the inland waterways but definitely not rough seas. The food storage is terrible, a minute freezer and such a tiny fridge. Very well built though.

Lithium ion batteries eh?

How much please

Do you get paid for opening doors or do you have a phobea?

i'd rather have a nordhaven 41 , better range , better freezer and fridge , dual engines and a lot cheaper . it's a nice boat but 1,300,000 us dollars base price seems a bit spendy to me !

i dont like the dining table,the washer/dryer combos arent good when one goes bad you have to replace them both,you could turn the v berth into a laundry room for both a washer and dryer,then that way you could have a bigger frig/freezer

Take a drink every time he opens a hatch, latch, or locker, you'll be drunk halfway through the tour.

I like her a lot but that’s a hell of a lot of coin !

PErfect

With the electric motor. If they were smart they would go one of 2 ways when using the engine. Either disengage the electric motor and let it free spin which is wasted potential energy, of use the spinning regenerate the batteries.

I'd hate to try to do any maintenance work in that engine "room". Looks like you'd end up slithering around on your belly.

Did they use the batteries from a BMW i3 as well? Seems like every electric boat has either the battery, or the battery an engine from an i3. Which makes me wonder where are the it's these people keep using for their boats. I imagine since BMW is such garbage,the cars fell apart and were junk but somehow the battery and engine were still good. Which is ironic because the engine in the car formthe ICE engines always fail and take out everything inthe engine bay with them.

Ah... if i only had the money... 😭

Lovely boat, but a very poor hybrid system. If you want a hybrid only Greenline does it properly. This looks cobbled together. On the Greenline system the motor doubles as the generator.

boat designed for long range cruising yet lacks a stove top with a gyro meaning u cant cook in rough seas.

6 knots from the batteries ain't good sonny.

domestic sized fridge/freezer??? nope. 950k? ugh.

Doesn’t look new tho 👀