The impressive and extremely high-performing Yamarin Cross 75 Bow Rider has won the European Best of Boats 2014 Competition in the "Best for Fun" category.
The winner was announced on Thursday 27th of November at the Berlin Boat Show. Peter Krusberg, Product Development and Production Manager at Konekesko, received the award.
Best of Boats (BOB) is a new, international award and it has four categories: Best for Beginners, Best for Fun, Best for Family and Best for Nature. The selection jury consists of journalists from 11 European boating magazines. The finalists in the category Best for Fun were: Buster Magnum M5, Flipper 600 SC, Frauscher 747 Mirage, Sea Ray 350 SLX, Parker 750 DC and Yamarin Cross 75 BR.
The precondition for a place in the final is a test drive of the boat in question by at least three members of the jury plus the requisite number of votes. The overall winner was selected by the jury from among the finalists in each category.
"This is a great pleasure and honor for us. We're very proud of the boat's success in the competition. It's wonderful to see how uncompromising design and testing work and high-quality construction can produce a magnificent boat for the market.
Thanks for this award go to our dealers in all markets and to the intense co-operation among the development team," says Kari Rautanen, Line Director of Recreational Vehicles at Konekesko.
Award selection jury:
Austria: Thomas Dobernigg (Ocean7, Klagenfurt)
Finland: Jan Sjölund (Venemestari, Helsinki)
France: Dominique Salandre (Youboat, Paris)
Germany: Uwe G. Meiling (Bootshandel-Magazin, Berlin)
Poland: Arek Rejs (Wiatr, Poznań)
Poland: Stanislaw Iwinski (Żagle, Warsaw)
Russia: Anton Cherkasov (Motorboat &Yachting Russian Edition, St Petersburg)
Switzerland: Stefan Detjen (Wave Magazin, Rancate)
Slovenia: JulijanVišnjevec (Val Navtika, Ljubljana)
Spain: Enrique Curt Iborra (Skipper / Neumáticas, Barcelona)
Ukraine: Bogdan Parfeniuk (Farvater, Kiev)
Yamarin Cross 75 BR has performed exceptionally well in all boat tests and has been very well received by boaters and press alike.
The boat is designed for speedy travel even to outlying islands and its handling characteristics – as with all Yamarin boats – remain excellent even in rough seas.
