Boat test for the 2006 Cranchi Mediterranee 47 HT with boat pictures, boat specifications, and boat test results. Includes pricing, videos, engine test reviews, and ratings for the 2006 Cranchi Mediterranee 47 HT.

I didn't have to worry too much, though. I easily handled the 47 thanks to solidly performing ZF transmissions with a nearly 2:1 gear reduction, torquey 575-hp Volvo Penta D9 diesels (the standard engine for this boat, but 500-hp Volvo Pentas are also available), and 24x38.5, five-blade Teignbridge wheels all working in concert. I never needed the standard bow thruster; the 47 held station with just a throttle bump here and there, in spite of a wickedly strong incoming tide.

Now a word on accessing those workhorse powerplants: difficult. There is a day hatch under the centerline bridge-deck table, but the oil dipsticks and oil fills cannot be reached from here. There's another hatch in the tender garage that enables better engine access, provided you don't have your three-person PWC stowed here. From this space I managed to slide my 5'7" frame over the standard soundshield-encased 12-kW Fischer Panda genset and into the compartment. I could get one arm between the engines and reach the dipsticks and oil fills.

One great engine-room feature is the 47's water-containment well. It's a tall plastic cylinder that surrounds the transducers. This tube-like setup sits above the outside water level so that if water intrudes the hull at the transducer, it cannot rise above the well and enter the bilge.

But neat features are numerous on the 47. The below-deck galley has an under-counter drawer that pulls out and then spins 90 degrees to maximize cabinet space. Then there's the guest cabin with 5'10" headroom courtesy of a raised bridge deck. While midcabins are usually reserved for kids, because this one's headroom is substantial, an adult couple will be quite comfortable here. And that centerline bridge-deck seating and entertainment area sports a full grill, wet bar, and an ice maker that makes wet ice. What's wet ice, you ask? It's ice that begins to melt after it's made so that the cubes don't collect and stick to each other at the bottom. (The excess water drains overboard.)

While I'm not sure that wet ice was on the Dents' list of requirements, it shows what attracted the couple to Cranchi. This is a builder that cleverly blends innovative accents with sleek lines, solid performance, and an efficient two-stateroom layout. And when you consider that Warren Dent comes from an innovative company himself—a small one called Microsoft—you could say that the merger of this boat and these owners was meant to be.

Perhaps there's a 47 HT in your future. But that one you just saw on a truck heading through San Francisco? Sorry, she's spoken for.

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