An ultra-modern day boat with a difference | Rand Escape 30 test drive review | MBY

Looking for big boat fun with a small boat footprint? Rand’s new flagship, the Rand Escape 30 might be just the craft you’ve been waiting for. Alex Smith takes it for a test drive...
Rand Escape 30 specifications
LOA: 30ft 4in (9.25m)
Beam: 9ft 6in (2.89m)
Draught: 1ft 9in (0.53m)
Displacement (light): 3,000kg
Fuel capacity: 512 litres
Engines: Inboard or outboard (petrol, diesel or electric) 105-460Kw / 350-600hp
RCD category: B for 10 people / C for 12 people
Starting price: £195,365 (ex. VAT)
Price as tested: £256,254 (inc. VAT)
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[@RandomGuyRandomNumber]

The first review of this boat on this channel was released in November 2021. The exact same video was re-released (but with the price updated in the description) in November 2022, but a few days later, it was unlisted and can no longer be searched. There were a lot of negative postings about the boat on both comments pages. What is so important about this niche manufacturer of an unpopular and over-priced boat that merits THREE videos in a year ? And why are you still describing the boat as "NEW" when it had its debut exactly a YEAR AGO, at the Cannes show where you reviewed it in November 2021 ?

[@chrisjefferies]

We often do two videos of the same boat - a tour and then a sea trial. As you correctly spotted, last weekend's vid was a duplicate that was uploaded in error, hence the removal. Hope that clears everything up.

[@RandomGuyRandomNumber]

@@chrisjefferies Well, you have answered one of my questions, but ignores the other questions I asked, so no, no it doesn't "clear everything up". Why wait exactly a year to release the second video, still refer to it as a new boat after that year, and ignore all the negative comments, a lot of which were concerned with the faux ecologically friendly claims that you presumably regurgitated from a press release without verification, qualification or question ? Was it simply to give the impression that the boat was launched this year, either to give the manufacturer a 'second chance' launch or to pad your 2022 Cannes show coverage ?

[@nothingsurprisesmeanymore]

Nah that is definitely a £100k boat with that cabin.

[@TheLoxxxton]

Is it just me or does the presenter look and sound like Mike from the young ones?

[@dtutssel]

It's you.

[@TheLoxxxton]

@@dtutssel thank you for taking the time to reply. Bless you.

[@alpboysan]

He does !

[@duckman162]

First, lol

[@alessandrobacci2186]

Ugly boat. The vertical bows are totally unsafe with just half a meter waves.

[@paulhopkins6377]

Waste of money