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Sealine T50: When a Boat Becomes a Yacht
The T50 from Sealine has features you would expect to find on a yacht twice its size, plus a few we have never seen before.
November 21, 2012
Sealine burst back on to the scene in the US of A with red-hot new designs like the sporty SC42i and the spacious C48, but one of their pre-existing models, the T50, is also generating a lot of attention. Why? Because the T50 now features some perks and pleasures that youāre not going to find on any other fifty foot boat. In fact, it might be a mistake to call the T50 a boatāit seems that this big boy has made its way into yacht territory.
The first inkling that the T50 goes above and beyond the norm for its class comes in the most unlikely of places: the engine room. Climb belowdecks to check out the twin V-drive iron horses and youāll discover that it's actually enjoyable down there, because itās air-conditioned. Also be sure to check out the important stuff: our test boat had a pair of 575-hp Volvo-Penta D9ās which drove us to a cruise of about 25 knots and a top-end right around 30 knots. Want more power? Then opt for the pair of 600-hp Cummins QSCās.
Another yachty perk is the passarelle. You usually see these extending from the cockpits of fiberglass behemoths, to make boarding easier. And although the deck of the T50 doesnāt sit five or 10 feet above the dock, having the passarelle comes in handy when the tide makes boarding require a leap instead of a jump. Added bonus: it does double-duty as a small crane, capable of lifting and deploying tenders which can be kept on the swim platform. All you have to do is press a button to lift, lower, or extend it.
Donāt stop pressing buttons just yetāthereās another one in the cockpit that we need to activate. When youād like some additional room back there, give this other button a poke and the settee will magically shift aft by several feet. Time to go for a swim? Change-o-presto, one more press of the button and the settee moves forward again to āextendā the swim platform.
Thereās yet another cool button-activated gizmo, this one on the flybridge, in the form of an automated Bimini top. In case you hadnāt guessed it yet, Sealine is big on buttons. Watch our Sealine Life at the Press of a Button video, which shows a slew of moving parts on three Sealines, electrically transforming with zero-effort finger-pushes.
Warning: once you go to the flybridge to check out the magical Bimini, you wonāt want to leave. This was one of my favorite parts of the boat, because itās roomy and rigged for some serious entertaining. Thereās a built-in grill, a wet bar with an ice maker, and a dinette with seating for six. Itāll even be a choice location for cruising, thanks to the passengerās side sunpad. Considering the view and the accoutrements, as long as the weatherās good, why would you choose to be anywhere else?
That might seem like a rhetorical question, but itās notābecause the āsomewhere elseā you could be on the T50, the salon, out-does its class too. Pass through the curvaceous, heavy-duty, stainless-steel framed entry, and youāll discover radiuses everywhere. The dinette and table, the overhead, the window valences, the galley countertop, even the stairs are curvy andādare I sayāseductively yachty. And yes, there are some entertaining buttons to push down here, too. Hit one to watch the TV rise out of a countertop; hit another to raise or lower the adjustable dinette table.
The return of this UK builder to the United States may have been headlined by New! New! New! models and heretofore unseen designs. And Sealine has more of them coming in the near future. But we doubt anyone on these shores has seen a boat like the T50 before. In fact, weāre not even sure anyoneās ever seen a yacht like it, either.
For more information, visit Sealine.
-Lenny Rudow
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