PARAGON 25 CABIN BOAT REVIEW

Often referred to as a utility boat, they are certainly a very different style that Kiwis are used to, but that has not stopped sales in New Zealand. Barry Thompson went aboard the first Paragon 25 Cabin to arrive in the country and discovered an exciting and extremely practical vessel.
I have been watching the slow but steady growth in New Zealand of the utility style of boats from Europe, or more accurately, France, Italy and Scandinavia. They have taken on a new persona, from a rugged, raw, very clinical commercial boat to a stylish, well-appointed and efficient recreational craft. Not for everyone, perhaps, but then each to their own.
The Paragon, unlike its competitors, still retains an outer appearance of a more search and rescue vessel due to the heavy rubber collar, but once you get aboard, you can see that it is a lot more. It is well-appointed, with a great layout that makes it a perfect weekender and a very practice boat for Kiwis.
Swedish brand, Paragon build boats from 7.62m - 9.5m and make no excuses for how they look. A brand owned by the well-respected Nimbus Boats, they are very different. Paragon had undoubtedly put function before design and achieved a unique look that combines the best of sea handling and layout.
Their philosophy has always been developing and producing a new generation of uncompromising boats with superior performance and seaworthiness to meet the harshest possible conditions at sea.
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[@marineboy6033]

Great informative video - and I really love the boat having been on them a few times in the UK - particulalry in the severe chop you can during a spring tide in the western apporached to the Solent....but I want a separate bog.....there's enough room to build one in (have a look at how it'd been done on smalled boats eg Aquador 23)....the scandos seem to like dumping in their cabins but it's not for me!

[@giuseppetartarini8492]

Gran bella barca.