I thought this shot was a good way to wrap up the Details section... If you're thinking about an express or a flybridge, keep a lookout for...
We like to include subsurface shots with YF's reviews. I was unable to get good photography, so this will have to suffice. Static buoyancy for...
On the day of our sea trial, yacht photographer Shaw McCutcheon joined us offshore in a Robinson-44 to capture all the running shots you've seen...
20 years ago, I had a $2000 radar gun to measure speed on the vessels we built. A few years later, I used it for reviews. Today, I have an app....
Sea Trial Unlike many magazines and the vast majority of websites in the yachting industry, we actually sea trial the boats we review, so I like...
I had mixed feelings about the flybridge helm. I love the large screens, rising up to meet me while standing, but when I took a seat, they blocked...
You're looking at the house batteries. No, we're not in the engine room. And we're not looking down an access hatch in the floor either. You're...
Complaint Department This picture was taken from the aftdeck, looking over the side of the boat, down at the dock. What you see protruding from...
The stanchions are curved in while curving forward. My Hewlett-Packard is unable to calculate the labor cost on this!
Study these hardtop stanchions carefully. They are a work of modern day art. Each pipe is bent at a different angle. That part isn't too hard, but...
There are good storage compartments all over the Alpha 76 Fly. Here's a good place for upholstery covers, although I don't know if the space...
This is the Williams Tender Launch system. How did a trailer get this complicated?
The Alpha swim platform is very generous in size because it becomes the launch platform for the tender.
What's wrong with this picture?
Aftdeck steps leading to the swim platform with a shorepower hatch. I'm not sure if steps are the right place for the shorepower cord. Maybe I'm...
An aftdeck storage compartment to port makes a good place to stow directors chairs when underway.
The aftdeck auxillary control station. Nice touch, but not really needed with the Alpha 76' Fly because visibility from the flybridge helm when...
No space left unused, the aftdeck seat doubles as storage. Immediately behind the seat, under the white cover is the whirlpool. Small steps flank...
Leaving claustrophobia behind, the Alpha 76 has a generous roof overhang on the aft deck. Fit, finish and access through overhead panels was...
The crew shower is large enough for a grown-up, but not if he or she has grown too wide. Notice the escape hatch against the shower wall.
