Designed by New Zealand yacht
designer Greg Elliott and built in Melbourne, Victoria, the Elliott
1250 Tourer is a scaled down version of a 50-55 foot (15m to 16.7m)
range of pilot house fast cruisers developed by Elliott in recent
years. Inquiries to the Elliott office for a smaller (and less expensive)
version of the 16-metre range, resulted in the development of the
1250 Tourer, which, Elliott says, is the smallest size that the pilothouse
concept works well on.
At 12.5 metres (41 feet) the 1250 Tourer is at what many would say
is the ideal length in the complicated juggling of speed and comfort
below and at sea on the one hand, and ease of handling and costs both
for initial outlay and for maintenance on the other hand.
The 1250 Tourer benefits from the years of practical offshore experience
of both designer and builder, which can be seen, for instance, in
the simple and uncluttered layouts both below and above deck.
The 1250 Tourer is at the better end of what is on offer in the range,
and the experience of her designer shows through in the sheer simplicity
of rig, deck layout and interior. Her simple rig can provide a performance
to please any ex-racer and yet is very easy to manage. Her performance
under power is awesome. Her interior is practical for port and for
passage and the pilot house concept keeps all the living in sunroom
or gazebo style, and means that the person manning the galley is not
relegated to slave quarters deep into the boat. The integrity of the
build can be relied upon.
|
|
 |
