Very rarely do we feel the need to have two boat testers on the same sea trial, but for the Saxdor 200 Sport we made an exception. That’s partly because the dealer had two models in stock with different engines but mostly because neither Jack nor I wanted to miss out on such an exciting and innovative new craft. You can make up your own mind after reading this but judging from the two models Saxdor has shown us so far (the 200 and the 32), it looks like being the most exciting new brand since Axopar burst onto the scene in 2014 – and we all know how well that turned out.
Perhaps that’s hardly surprising given that the man behind Saxdor, Sakari Mattila, was also one of the founding partners of Axopar before cutting ties with them and setting up Saxdor as a completely unrelated company. That said it’s not hard to draw parallels between Saxdor and Axopar; they are both Finnish-owned and built-in Poland, with edgy styling, vertical bows, outboard engines and competitive prices. Very competitive in the case of the Saxdor 200. This 20ft sportsboat, complete with a 100hp Mercury engine and a standard spec that includes nav lights and an adjustable windscreen, retails for £22,158 inc VAT on the water in the UK. That’s less than the cost of a hydraulic passerelle on a Princess V55!
This story is from the September 2020 edition of Motor Boat & Yachting.
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