Boat test for the 2007 Aicon 75 Fly including boat specifications, photo galleries, boat videos, boat layout diagrams, boat test numbers, boat test results, and boat speed graphs. Also includes pricing, engine test reviews, ratings, standard features, and gear for the 2007 Aicon 75 Fly.

By Capt. Grant Rafter

Aicon 75 Fly

Built in Aicon's Giammoro factory in Messina on the Island of Sicily, the 75 Fly has styling that is distinctly Italian, from her lines to her leather. But her most prominent feature is an extended radar arch overhang that shades her flying bridge. With the push of a button, the canvas in the middle of the overhang retracts, letting light spill onto both the center helm and onto the sunpads that form a semicircle around the console. The captain does not have a chair but rather a divan that's formed into the front of the wet bar (which has a barbecue). Aft of this there's a wide, forward-facing, C-shape settee, and aft of that is a davit and enough room for a tender.

The Italian styling continues inside. Symmetrically arranged along the centerline are dual leather settees that form a lounge area. A full-beam step is low enough that it doesn't impede movement into the dining room, which has a glass table that easily seats eight. A pass-through window allows food to be served from the amidships galley without disturbing guests. Of course, if you don't want to eat inside, take your dinner to the bow, where you can set it on a wooden table between the sunpads.

Below that table, on the lower deck, the VIP stateroom offers a centerline island queen berth, settees, and a private head. Aft of this are two cabins, each with twin berths and en suite heads. The full-beam owner's suite is farther aft, at the base of the stairwell. To starboard of its centerline queen berth, a sliding door provides access to the shower and sink, while on the port side a porthole lets daylight fall onto the writing desk.

Crew quarters (a single and a double) are accessed through the transom door, as are the two 1,572-hp C-32 Caterpillar diesels that give this stylish import a fine turn of speed.

Length overall: 76'2"
Beam: 19'3"
Accommodations: 2 queens berths and 4 twin berths; 1 double and 2 twins for crew
Standard engines: 2/1,572-hp Caterpillar C32 diesel inboards

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Less Barebones, More Fish Bones

Grady-White Canyon 336

The striped bass in Albemarle Sound have a new enemy in North Carolina builder Grady-White's new Canyon 336. Built as a fish chaser, the 33-footer has an optional T-top that includes radial outriggers, net stowage, and molded-in fore and aft spreader lights. Aft of the centerline console is a standard 45-gallon lighted livewell with a 1,100-gph pump. Add this to six rod holders on the gunwales, six on the leaning post, and five more overhead on the T-top, plus port and starboard 165-quart fishboxes in the bow and a 291-quart fishbox aft with optional 'fridge/freezer, and you'll soon be carving up as many filets as you can eat. And her standard twin 250-hp or optional twin 350-hp Yamaha four-stroke outboards should have you back dockside by sundown.

Length overall: 33'6"
Beam: 11'7"
Accommodations: none
Standard engines: 2/250-hp Yamaha F250 four-stroke outboards

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