Formula 430 ASC

There’s a reason you and I go to boat shows, and it isn’t for the food or to enjoy some quiet contemplation.

- Simon Murray

We go for the new debuts, sure, but sometimes I find myself gravitating as much, if not more, to the side-by-side comparisons of a fleet. Such juxtapositions tend to raise interesting questions: Why did they build the boat this way? What inspiration led to this design? Where do these idiosyncrasies come from?

Making her debut at the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show, Formula’s 430 ASC (All Sport Crossover)—with an eyecatching metallic blue gelcoat— happened to be sharing dock space with her sistership, the 430 SSC (Super Sport Crossover). Presiding over both was Formula Designer John Adams, who, with a simple intimating hand gesture, seemed to lay bare the differences between the two almost immediately.