POCKET ROCKET

Is there more to the Saxdor 200 Sport than striking looks and a decent turn of pace? The opportunity of week-long test gave us the chance to see what this funky starter boat is like to live with

- Jack Haines

Back in the September edition of the magazine, editor Hugo and I tested the 100hp and 150hp versions of the Saxdor 200 Sport. Driving home from the test I couldn’t help wondering, despite what a hoot the boats had been to blat around on for a day, what you would actually do with one once you’d done as much blasting around as you could possibly want to? There’s no fridge, nowhere to cook and, in the Scooter variant with triple jockey seats, not really anywhere to kick back and relax once the boat is on anchor. I thought the concept was excellent, the price point even better and the hull masterful in its ability to handle punishment but more time was needed on board to assess whether it’s more than a fun toy – a jet-ski with delusions of grandeur – or a legitimate starter boat.

Thankfully, the opportunity fell into my lap when Saxdor and the UK dealer Ideal Boat offered us a week-long test of the 200 to properly get beneath its skin and see what it’s like to live with day to day. The even better news was that the boat they intended to lend us had the top of the range 175hp Mercury V6 outboard on the back which, according to the yard, would transform the boat’s behaviour on the water.