NAVAN, a new brand of boats from Brunswick Boat Group, hits the water. The marque makes its debut at the Cannes Yachting Festival, Cannes, France, with two 30 footers, one a cabin version and one with an open floor plan. NAVAN is scheduled to debut in North America at the Discover Boating Miami International Boat Show in February of 2024. Powered by Mercury outboards, NAVAN Boats are billed as adventure boats. In this video, Brunswick Boat Group President, Aine Denari, speaks a bit about NAVAN Boats, detailing some of the goals for the newest boat brand under her stewardship. With NAVAN, Brunswick Boat Group's portfolio grows to a total of 19 boat brands.
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00:00 Hi, I'm Kevin Falvey, Editor-in-Chief of Boating Magazine, and I'm here on the Côte d'Azur,
00:04 the French Riviera, with Anya Denari, President of Brunswick Boat Group.
00:08 Hi, Anya.
00:09 Hi, Kevin.
00:10 Great to be here.
00:11 Thanks for coming.
00:12 We're standing aboard the new Navant.
00:14 There's two models.
00:15 There's an S30 and a C30.
00:17 This is the cabin version, or the C. I just had the opportunity to run it, and you're
00:21 going to see it in the United States and Canada sometime in early 2024.
00:25 Anya, tell us about your entry into this new niche for Brunswick.
00:30 Yeah, this is an exciting new white space opportunity for us.
00:33 This is a premium adventure boat.
00:36 We have a patented twin-step hull, a T-step hull, which is really exciting.
00:40 We've integrated all kinds of technologies here.
00:42 We've got C-zone digital switching.
00:44 We've got various different mercury options up to and including twin 300s, top speed 52
00:50 knots.
00:51 The boat handles really well, nicely stable, great performance, just loaded with features.
00:59 This is a really exciting growth opportunity for us.
01:02 Can you talk a little bit about this stepped hull?
01:04 I understand it's the first stepped hull patented by Brunswick?
01:07 That's correct.
01:08 It's a twin-step hull.
01:09 It's a T-step, which is the part that we patented.
01:12 It really helps us with the maneuverability as well as stability.
01:18 The patent piece is really contributing to better stability than maybe you will see with
01:23 a typical twin-step hull.
01:26 I'm sure you had the opportunity to run it and get to feel that great performance and
01:30 stability, but it's in large part due to that T-step hull.
01:34 We did run it, and in the time I had to run it today, it did plane very easily.
01:37 It held plane at a nice low RPM, and with nine people aboard, it achieved 47 knots.
01:43 It's a performer.
01:44 It is.
01:45 Anya, last thing.
01:46 When will we see this?
01:47 When will my audience see this boat in the United States and Canada?
01:50 It's launching here in Europe this week, which is very exciting at the Can Boat Show.
01:55 You will see it in the US coming up in Miami.
01:59 Look forward to showing it off there in February next year.
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