FAIRLINE TARGA 43

It’s not often we feature two models from one manufacturer, and especially not from the same model line but this Targa 43 shows just how far Fairline had progressed the Targa line by 1997, when this model launched. Whilst keeping the open cockpit ethos (now lost on the latest Targas – every current model comes with a hard top) this is a larger, more sophisticated boat than its forebears.

INTERIOR

Described in our 1998 boat test as "among the snappiest we have seen", the Targa 43 offers a really useful two cabin, two heads layout with excellent headroom for a sportscruiser, only the mid cabin being inevitably a little compromised by its position beneath the cockpit. A lighter maple wood was offered but the majority got the ubiquitous highgloss American cherry finish you see here. Fairline was really big on curves during this period, which looks great. I don't know about 'snappy', I'd call it voluptuous.

EXTERIOR