Boat test for the 2007 Cranchi Atlantique 50 with boat pictures, boat specifications, and boat test results. Includes pricing, videos, engine test reviews, and ratings for the 2007 Cranchi Atlantique 50.

I reluctantly relinquished the helm and took a seat at the bridge's aft C-shape settee. I could easily imagine the PMY crew up here. There's room for six on the settee and two more on the companion settee adjacent to the helm seat. Between the settees is a wet bar with barbecue and Vitrifrigo refrigerator/freezer, sweet standards that'll minimize trips below decks. A table at the C-shape settee is an ideal alfresco spot for lunch or dinner and easily converts into a sunpad for two by lowering the gas-assisted pedestal and adding some cushions. There's no hardtop, but shade seekers can duck under the standard bimini that can cover the forward half of or the entire flying bridge or retreat to the cockpit's L-shape settee, as the flying-bridge overhang shades its forward portion.

If it gets too hot, her saloon will beckon. Cooled by a standard 48,000-Btu chilled-water air conditioning system, it's flooded with light from large forward-facing and side windows as well as from a skylight. The interior is thoroughly modern: The designers chose to showcase horizontal planes, as seen in the port-side credenza, adjacent teak dining table, galley countertop, and the contemporary-style L-shape settee to starboard. Dark wenge wood accents play beautifully off a light cherry interior and standard teak soles. Some traditionalists may find the space too modern, but most will appreciate the saloon's 6'10” headroom and the light, airy feel. The same contrasting wood treatments are seen in her three staterooms, with modern touches echoed in the two heads by way of Frattini fixtures and basin-style glass sinks.

Forest Johnson

The 50 is an alfresco dynamo. Note the adjustable headrests on the foredeck's sunpad.

The saloon's design also does its best to give the lower helm station, opposite the galley, its own sense of space. While I'd rather see a dinette in place of the lower helm—this layout is not offered—the protection from the elements that it provides will be welcome.

Overall, I found little on the Cranchi 50 to gripe about. I wasn't thrilled with the engine room's lack of headroom or with her restricted sightlines aft from the flying bridge, which is common in flying-bridge boats of this size. But I did admire her excellent close-quarters handling, respectable cruise and top-end speeds, and spacious flying bridge that promises a great time on the water. I'd wager her three staterooms will be occupied every weekend this summer and that Office Ours' engine and genset hours will reach triple digits by summer's end. Remember, it's all in the name of research.

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SPOTLIGHT ON: Engine Room

Jerry Wyszatycki

Two hatches on the 50 provide engine-room access: a cockpit day hatch and a removable (but heavy) floorboard in the saloon that provides better access to the standard 12-kW Fischer Panda genset. While headroom is only a shade more than four feet, I found all service points easy to reach, as the 1'5"-wide walkway between the powerplants provided plenty of space for my 5'11", 175-pound frame. The PMY crew should be as impressed with outboard access as well; there's more than two feet between each engine and the hull side.—J.M.

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