Boat test for the 2008 Symbol 75 with boat pictures, boat specifications, and boat test results. Includes pricing, videos, engine test reviews, and ratings for the 2008 Symbol 75.

One final note on the upper station. My test boat had a long aft deck off the flying bridge, which is used to house the owner's 14-foot Zodiac and UMT hydraulic davit (both optional). This lengthy overhang impedes visibility aft from the upper helm. You can, however, use the lower station, which has a clear view aft, or use the optional wireless remote control from Yacht Controller for making close-quarter moves from anywhere onboard.

The 75's big-boat nature made her an easy-to-handle vessel, but her increased size also made for an equally impressive and wicked-huge interior space. From the cockpit through the saloon doors to the helm, it's a seemingly never-ending room. The area is made to feel even bigger, as Cardenas chose a light-tone high-gloss maple veneer, which is also used throughout this vessel. While teak is standard, the maple opens up the area by reflecting natural light coming through the cabin-length side windows. It's simply voluminous, but you don't feel lost. That's because with the use of elongated Ultraleather sofas, barrel chairs, and half walls near the galley, Cardenas has defined each of these areas while allowing them to flow in and out of each other. Call it boat feng shui.

To me the true centerpiece of the 75 is the full-beam master stateroom aft with en suite head. This space sits just a few feet aft of the engine room, which houses those big Cats, twin gensets, and ten air-conditioning handlers generating 110,000 Btus of calming coolness, but it's still quiet. Thick bulkheads, a fair amount of Soundown insulation, and solidly secured machinery (the polished stainless steel engine mounts are massive) surely help. In the stateroom there are two 47"Lx19"Wx48"H closets that flank the foot of the king-size berth and will make a great hide-and-seek spot for the kids. Just aft the mirrored headboard conceals an escape hatch that leads to the lazarette. With portholes that measure 21"Lx7.5"H, there's plenty of sunlight flooding in here as well as endless overhead LED lighting. And the stateroom is far enough back in the boat that you have privacy from the guest area.

With optional air-conditioning up here, this is the place to watch the sea go by. Just aft of these matching settees is a door and four-inch step out to the aft deck and the Zodiac RIB.

When you blend the solid feel of the 75's ride and her sturdy build, which also includes 32-inch-high bulwarks and a heavy-duty pantograph-style watertight door at the lower helm, with the sophisticated high-gloss light woods, an open floorplan, and several-hundred-mile range, you get a boat built for the cruising family. Just pick a direction and go.

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SPOTLIGHT ON: Layout Options

Unlike the owner of this Symbol 75 Flushdeck Motoryacht, most owners of mid-70-footers are not running their own vessels. So while this owner positioned his full-beam master stateroom all the way aft, you can also use this space for captain and crew quarters and leave the area forward of the engine room for owner and guest staterooms.—P.S.

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