BAVARIA SR41

hen it comes to boats, value for money is all relative. A quarter of a million pounds is a significant amount of money by anyone’s standards but the truth is it doesn’t go as far as it used to in the marine world. So the fact that Bavaria offers this 43ft (13.1m) sportscruiser with twin engines from £250,472, including tax, deserves real credit. But there are some caveats. That price is for a boat with no optional extras, many of which you would want, and it includes two 350hp Mercruiser petrol engines. Performance would no doubt be pleasing; fuel bills less so. Thankfully, there are a couple of diesel engines on the price list, both from Volvo Penta with either twin 300 or 380hp, the latter £21,000 extra over the former. Even with the meatiest diesels, the starting price is just shy of £313,000 with tax, which means that with some careful ticking of the options boxes you could have the SR41 with 760hp for around £350,000 before any