I just love Sabre so much (and am a back cove owner!)

I love that you always push the boats to expose their characteristics.

Being from Maine myself, you reviewed a great boat. They also make the Back Cove, the budget version. Hinkley is another awesome Maine brand. All inspired by Maine lobster boats.

Lights flashing is the effect of the Lighting's Lamps (bulbs) frequency and the camera's Shutter Speed giving that fluttering effect

Fantastic boats, I love these in style, performance as well as fit and finish. Pretty much itches all the scratches :)

not a lot of people will go out in 6ft seas, but it is possible to get caught out and have to endure 6ft seas to get home or worse when passing through an inlet on the way home. This boat and hull perform really nicely. I could tell you felt really safe at the helm. I wish I could have this hull with the layout and interior design of the Riviera 58 smy. The deep V with the reverse chine hull with the Riviera Interior layout would be the best of all worlds.

Assuming the budget and mission fit, how could someone not be impressed after seeing the boats inshore and near shore performance. Dan, you would know: In my experience many buyers of larger, expensive boats end up reading the Sunday Times on them. This boat would be a waste for them. But for an owner intent on a run from Sydney up to the Gold Coast, Bris and beyond...oh my, what a boat fit for a mission! GREAT boat test, Dan - thank you.

As always great test and footage Dan. I would love to see some Palm Beach(es) on your channel, but Sabre and other Down East style boats I won't say no to!

Love it 👍❤️🇬🇧

Dude you need to see keeper in that thing

Thanks.

Just subscribed - nice work Dan

Sabre sure looks a classic & well suited to Syd harbour & Coastal runs . Great review Dan , enjoying your channel. Would be keen on your thoughts regarding the Finnish Targa & Sargo boats ( around 40 foot) for east Coast Aus conditions. Cheers

My day dream

Outboard engines only .

"$h!tting yourself... LOL Thank you! Great content!

Why were the over head down lights flashing?

How would you rate the Sabre compared to Eastbay ?

why is the lights going going on and off??

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Why are overhead lights blinking?

The 30 % improvement in economy when using IPS if pure fantasy.

Junk Sean so many things go wrong those drives

Now let me get this, this commentator want to convince someone such as myself who is looking at going from sail to power. Let me clarify something that I think many of my fellow sailers will comment on. I can guarantee going from a catamaran that cruises at 8 knots under motor and only uses 8 LPH for both motors and then hearing the fuel usage on this vessel IE 100 LPH at 3000 revs and 24 knots, this will have me running not walking away from this boat. If diesel you probably looking at least $2.20 a litre or more at the dock. That is a huge bill for a days motoring in my very humble opinion. I do not understand why the commentator did not give fuel for an 8 to 10 knot range. This is a far more comfortable and I would assume economical fuel usage and more realistic if you have family or friends on board or for coastal cruising.

ips drives are NOT reliable..long term. To say, "back in the day", that is telling you that IPS drives just aren't reliable long term. its not recent drives that have problems, and literally FAIL, it means that the problem with longevity don't show up until..well you have longevity! So maybe 1000 hours, let's say. So since most users of these drives don't put a lot of hours on them, you won't see the failures for a few years. My neighbor just had to have his drives on his Prestige fixed. 50k! Think about that. And those stories ARE out there by the hundreds, if not thousands. You just don't see them online. My friends story would have never been out there if I didn't post this, just for fun. And if you have dual drives, if you have a problem with one, your gonna have it with the other usually, or at least your going to upgrade the second one when your doing the first one, since you HAVE money, (these boat owners always do) and you would rather spend 15k extra to prevent a problem in real time. Avoid any drive built by Volvo. They are known for great engines, and horrible drives.