What aspects of this appeals to you as a recreational live-aboard boat? Is it the basic hull form? I ask because in all other ways it's optimized for it's purpose as a long liner. Accommodations for a paid crew, i.e. sparse, cramped, and all the way in the bow. Bilge hold, fish processing deck, space for gear storage, launch, retrieval. I think pretty much every decision about how to utilize the space would be different for a live aboard pleasure boat.
And I think all the equipment decisions would be different for a pleasure live aboard. You wouldn't have a single 400kw generator that needs to run all the time, for example. And I don't see why you would do a diesel-electric drive. Note that it's diesel-electric, not hybrid.
So maybe the hull form is interesting, but in all other ways I think the build decisions are wrong for a pleasure boat. Or at least they are all different from the choices I'd make.
Of course there is a lot of personal preference for boats, just as there is for cars, and houses. Guess you dont like this one. In fact some will only go for sail boats!
For me, yes I do like the full displacement hull, slow and boxy, and commercial looking too. And diesel/electric is the same as hybrid. The terms are often used synonymously. Indeed, I have a hybrid car, gas/electric. Many of the european builders are going hybrid, they claim 25-30% fuel savings. In port , they can operate on full electric, so no fumes, noise, amd better manuevering.
About the accomodation, it already has bunk for 5, and if the owner, or the admiral want a cushier cabin, there is plenty of room for it. But some people like a bunk just for sleeping and spend most time in the spacious lounge/galley area. In my own home, I made a capsule bunk in my man -cave for sleeping.
I also like the robust commercial grade standards thus its classification....'unrestricted navigation'.
Ive just asked them if they also do it in all aluminum, unpainted above the waterline.
Should be a really good boat for circumnavigation.
