JEANNEAU CAP CAMARAT 10.5 CC

If you want a boat that can do it all, the flagship centre console model from Jeanneau's famous Cap Camarat line might be just the thing

- Alex Smith

When a cancelled flight prevented us from attending the annual Jeanneau press event in France, we turned to UK boating stalwart, Robin Vaughan. He’s been the boss down at Cambrian Boats in Swansea for many years, as well as a Jeanneau dealer since 2010. We had been planning to look at the flagship Merry Fisher 1295 and the slick new DB/37, but when he told us he’d gone as far as to buy a Jeanneau for his own use, it felt like we ought to take notice.

The Cap Camarat line has been around for more than 40 years and it has always been about high-value multi-purpose day boating. Today, that product line comes in two simple forms: the Walkaround (WA) variant with a raised bow for extra accommodation; and the Centre Console (CC) variant, with a big forward cockpit for day-boating flexibility. As a family man living in South Wales where the boat is kept, accommodation was of limited interest to Robin so the boat he went for was this – the new 36ft flagship of the Cap Camarat Centre Console line.

A TALE OF TWO PARTIES