As an ex European I have always scratched my head in wonderment about the marketing term "Europa" or "Euro Style" as it applies to kitchens, furniture and yes, boats.
Greetings,
Mr. Marin. Clarify if you will...Aren't sedan and Europa styles essentially the same? Europa being the American Marine labelled sedan (generic description) model.
I agree with the GB conclusion, but the design has been around for a while. My '81 "europa "was designed by Ed Monk Jr., ....
Greetings,
Mr. Marin. Clarify if you will...Aren't sedan and Europa styles essentially the same? Europa being the American Marine labelled sedan (generic description) model.
Some people claim a Europa is simply a sedan with covered decks so that makes "sedan" is the correct generic name covering both configurations. I don't necessarily argue that, but I never use the term "sedan" to describe a Europa because "sedan" says nothing about whether the decks are covered or not.
Sedans .... yes love'um.
And I love the GB32 sedan. I'm also nuts about the NT32 and they call it a tug. It's even less a tug than a trawler is a trawler if you've just had lunch w MF. So w/o the stupid tug name what is a NT? Raised PH? Not a sedan IMO. And what's the difference between a NT and a 36/42 GB? They are both tri-cabin boats. Brand naming is just sales hype and the boats are what they are.
Most all trawlers are tri-cabin boats and all the other names are just builders wanting to make their product special.
In the smaller sizes--- 32-40 feet--- a tri-cabin provides more flexibility if one has kids or guests on board. In our boat, for example, the guests get their own cabin and head up forward and we have our own cabin and head/shower aft with the neutral space of the main cabin in between. People can get up, make coffee, etc. without invading the space of the other people.
With a smaller Europa, like the GB32 or GB36, additional people on board have to sleep in the main cabin. Which means making up a berth, taking it apart the next morning, and so on. And there is only one head on the boat.
The best of both worlds in our opinions is a large Europa, say 46 feet. These boats are large enough to have two or even three cabins up forward. There is still usually one head/shower, often connected with multiple cabins with a clever configuration of doors.
Of course this puts all the occupants of the boat in the same space with just thin bulkheads between them, where the tri-cabin has the whole middle of the boat between them.
As with everything, one size does not fit all. So which configuration makes the most sense for a person or couple will depend on what they will be doing with the boat.
Nice.Here's the Lotus version of a Europa. Pretty sexy, in an odd sort of way.