Bayliner Ciera 8 Alex Smith tests the first of a new line in compact sports cruisers from the pioneer of affordable powerboats. Click the viewer above to read.
Both the CC5 and the CC6 are boats I can recommend without qualification. I’ve seen them perform admirably in some big, nasty seas that would see the skippers of most 30-footers running for cover. They are genuinely impressive (and remarkably versatile) family runabouts in their own right. There, with the centre console layout, the Element […]
Bayliner Element XR7 Alex Smith investigates Bayliner’s answer to the ‘all-water’ party platform. What are we to make of this? A 25ft boat with seating for 16 people? A fibreglass monohull with rectangular internals? An open, blunt-bowed platform with a heads compartment and a wet bar? Before your mind implodes at this outrageous contravention of […]
… it is good to see Bayliner bucking the trend with a boat that works so hard to get things right for those with limited funds and basic experience. … this remains a very easy boat to drive, with precisely the gentle, moderate heel in the turn the designers required. A decent depth of freeboard […]