Thanks for a great review! We own a Targa 32 Aft door with a single VP440 D6 with double thrusters. It is in our opinion the best boat you can buy and own. The quality is just fantastic and we keep our boat in the water all around the year in Sweden. The size of the Targa 32 is perfect as it is not too large to handel single handed. The Carpelan family really knows how to build the best boats!
Hey Jack…you’ve done Targa, Sargo and Nord Star test vids and such…I know you stay relatively unbiased but pricing and length aside, if YOU were going to buy one(Targa, Sargo, Nord Star) which make are you picking based on performance and handling?
It's always a good day when YachtBuyer releases a Targa review! I must say you've come a long way Jack since you tested one of the first 32's on MBY twelve years ago! Hopefully people see the changes/updates Botnia has done for the model, as it is easily seen as a "unfashionable" boat at a first glance. A top notch video as always and I wish the YachtBuyer team a merry merry Christmas!
I love targas nord stars and Sargo ! And that comes from a huge princess fan! You can’t really say these are just workboats anymore. This is heavy duty luxury motorboats like a G-wagon 63 amg of the ocean. And believe it or not I think they look both good and cool. I would go for a targa 37 if I had the budget
"Kippis" boys have educated you with the key words in finnish 😀 To me its Targa, i live next to the factory and known the work etiquette they have in the company. Owner is keen on pure performance and handling. Carpelan have done good with his boats. Merry Christmas 🎉
Perfect boat really, although the sargo 45 would be my dream this one is perfect for half the money. Have a great Christmas team and subscribers. 👍❤️🇬🇧
Nice review. I really think it would be better to convert that extra cabin into either just storage, or head only. Then seal off the front cabin with its own head and shower in that space.
Comfort cabin truly makes the boat feel double the size (We have one) and one thing this boat didn't have is a full stove or microware below the burners which we have. Is it an ideal gourmet kitchen...no, but we can live on it comfortably for weeks.
Can you imagine having a 50M explorer yacht like what Sanlorenzo juat released and this is your chase boat so,you can go off on your own and explore other places. Camp out on some islands? Nice boat for a weekender
Great review but what are the differences really between the Scandinavian brands? Personally I genuinely can not decide between the Sargo and Targa. Which one is better in rough seas?
The Nimbus built Paragon 31 is another Scandinavian alternative in a similar style. Nimbus quality, while perhaps more mass-produced/industrial and less hand-work'y, is also very good. The 31 is a bit tighter and smaller than the three you mentioned (more direct competitor to the Targa 30), but the general layout is similar. Nimbus has dealers "everywhere." Could be helpful if you want to move the boat between cruising grounds all over. For UK, and Northern European use, I'd take the Targa out of all of them. For warmer weather/Med, I believe all the others have wider doors and are generally more airy (Now, that new Targa 41 does look to be a real Med boat....). The immaculate teakwork that make Targas so warm and cozy in cold climes, aren't ideal when you have sticky, suntan lotion covered people (who have been trying out the shot glasses....) trying to squeeze past each other through rather tight passageways. For more open ocean (Say, Canaries), I'd tentatively feel safer surfing down, and perhaps even going against, bigger Atlantic swells in the lower, less pointy, deep-v-carried-all-the-way-to-the-transom hull of the Paragon. Ditto inbound bar crossings, for US West Coasters.. But upwind against a steep chop, I can't imagine any non-racer planing boat being more fit for purpose than a Targa. Overall, I'd default to the Targa. They just don't mess up, and have been doing this, and only this, for decades. The others would have to prove themselves on a usecase-by-usecase, boat-by-boat basis.
Targa cost almost twice as much as a sargo tho😅 But then again the targa is twice as good 😮💨👍 If i had the money i buy this targa with the comfort bed 😍
I always remember my wet head days when I see you there with the loo roll behind you. Ah, memories of wasted soggy loo rolls. Great video and a great little boat. I will wait for the lottery and the big one.
Congrats the commenters before me who managed to watch a 17+ minute video in 5 and 12 minutes respectively 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. I'd take the Targa 32 over the Sargo and NordStar equivalents.
@@aekara1000 these boat tests are often scheduled by the manufacturers/owners, and yeah even if they advertising "the 4x4 of the seas" like Targa, theyre not gonna risk it
I hope you’re kidding when you compare a marex to these boats… or you might don’t know anything about boats? Marex? Come on cheap ass build quality and handles like shit in rough sea. Rolex vs Casio… 😂
@@Thjonsson1 agree. THe comment is not from someone that has experienced 15-20 foot waves. There is ZERO comparison to a Targa in these conditions. I am sure Marex is a good show pony but when you are serious about being on the ocean nothing compares to this style of boat!
@@Thjonsson1 Agree, I don't want to knock any boat. but the Targa is the Mercedes Gwagon of the ocean (The original G wagons with a diesel and manual transmission) . I am afraid most other boats are like a poor Yugo especially as soon as you hit rough water. I can't imagine being in any other boat when the ocean gets rough and it usually does at some point.
The next size up, 35, can have two heads now, I believe. Still fits, if barely, in a 12m slip. But it's a lot bigger and heavier. And drinks 50% more fuel. The 32 is a "funner" sporty boat.
That's what you get to pay for stuff, that isn't build in cheap labor countries. Funny that there are still segments in markets, that they yet can't compete in.
We’re talking about one of the best boats in its category. You can’t compare this to a for example axopar another finish brand. Cheap materials and poor building quality. This is top of the top in building quality just like a Patel watch or a Rolls on the roads
If anything this boat is underpriced. We have a Targa 2022 Targa 32, single D440 and it is still below the cost by a fair margin of production boats that don't have the teak, the build quality, essentially just high production boats(THe competitors) Targa is truly a fantastic organization and I can't imagine having any other boat!
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Thanks for a great review! We own a Targa 32 Aft door with a single VP440 D6 with double thrusters. It is in our opinion the best boat you can buy and own. The quality is just fantastic and we keep our boat in the water all around the year in Sweden. The size of the Targa 32 is perfect as it is not too large to handel single handed. The Carpelan family really knows how to build the best boats!
Thanks for sharing!
Engineering is so beautifully done in the Targas👍
Hey Jack…you’ve done Targa, Sargo and Nord Star test vids and such…I know you stay relatively unbiased but pricing and length aside, if YOU were going to buy one(Targa, Sargo, Nord Star) which make are you picking based on performance and handling?
Oooh. Now that is a good question. I suspect Jack's answer would be very diplomatic and non committal.
I can answer for Jack.....Targa!
Excellent question. Those are the three boat makers I would pick from too. Love Targa looks, especially in grey.
@@masaiwhite5933 I think Nordstar
I like all 3, the perfect boat would have elements from all 3. But, I would prefer Sargo.
It's always a good day when YachtBuyer releases a Targa review!
I must say you've come a long way Jack since you tested one of the first 32's on MBY twelve years ago!
Hopefully people see the changes/updates Botnia has done for the model, as it is easily seen as a "unfashionable" boat at a first glance.
A top notch video as always and I wish the YachtBuyer team a merry merry Christmas!
Thanks for the kind words - Merry Christmas! - Jack
I love targas nord stars and Sargo
! And that comes from a huge princess fan! You can’t really say these are just workboats anymore. This is heavy duty luxury motorboats like a G-wagon 63 amg of the ocean. And believe it or not I think they look both good and cool. I would go for a targa 37 if I had the budget
Wow! Those views, boat. Sargo, Targa, Nord Star. They all are amazing!
Of course, they ar scandinavian boat. Tho, Nord Star are pretty budget imo.
@@christianengelbrecht2315 Targa and Nord Star are Nordic boats from Finland
@@niceview2112So is Sargo.
"Kippis" boys have educated you with the key words in finnish 😀
To me its Targa, i live next to the factory and known the work etiquette they have in the company. Owner is keen on pure performance and handling. Carpelan have done good with his boats.
Merry Christmas 🎉
They sure did, Finnish hospitality is quite something! Sorry for the pronunciation… Merry Christmas! - Jack
I have nothing but good to say about my interactions with the Targa employees. When I have needed a part etc. they take care of it asap!
Great review of a very cool boat (as we knew it would be!).
Thanks for sharing Jack.
Perfect boat really, although the sargo 45 would be my dream this one is perfect for half the money.
Have a great Christmas team and subscribers.
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Lovely to see you happily at work. As for which one? I'll take which ever one you give me.
Nice one Jack 👍 this looks pretty damned good and as always, a super review, cheers
Thanks Nick! - J
Nice review. I really think it would be better to convert that extra cabin into either just storage, or head only. Then seal off the front cabin with its own head and shower in that space.
I would love the Targa, I think it would be a perfect fit here in southeast Alaska.
Comfort cabin truly makes the boat feel double the size (We have one) and one thing this boat didn't have is a full stove or microware below the burners which we have. Is it an ideal gourmet kitchen...no, but we can live on it comfortably for weeks.
Can you imagine having a 50M explorer yacht like what Sanlorenzo juat released and this is your chase boat so,you can go off on your own and explore other places. Camp out on some islands? Nice boat for a weekender
That would be a pretty epic combination! - Jack
Great review but what are the differences really between the Scandinavian brands? Personally I genuinely can not decide between the Sargo and Targa. Which one is better in rough seas?
I love the Targa. Perfect boat for me.
By the way, the door can be fixed in multiple positions (3:12). There is a handle at the top of the door
Yes, correct, @jackhaines missed that but that is okay :)
Thank you for always presenting such interesting overall tests.
For me the nord star 33 is a bit more modern in his life on board
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoy our content 😌
Yeaaah, more Targa stuff!
Love it Jack. Happy Christmas shipmate.
Same to you!
Another option (slightly different style of boat, but not entirely dissimilar for intended cruising areas) would be the Marex 330
Absolutely and a great boat in its own right - Jack
The Nimbus built Paragon 31 is another Scandinavian alternative in a similar style. Nimbus quality, while perhaps more mass-produced/industrial and less hand-work'y, is also very good. The 31 is a bit tighter and smaller than the three you mentioned (more direct competitor to the Targa 30), but the general layout is similar. Nimbus has dealers "everywhere." Could be helpful if you want to move the boat between cruising grounds all over.
For UK, and Northern European use, I'd take the Targa out of all of them. For warmer weather/Med, I believe all the others have wider doors and are generally more airy (Now, that new Targa 41 does look to be a real Med boat....). The immaculate teakwork that make Targas so warm and cozy in cold climes, aren't ideal when you have sticky, suntan lotion covered people (who have been trying out the shot glasses....) trying to squeeze past each other through rather tight passageways. For more open ocean (Say, Canaries), I'd tentatively feel safer surfing down, and perhaps even going against, bigger Atlantic swells in the lower, less pointy, deep-v-carried-all-the-way-to-the-transom hull of the Paragon. Ditto inbound bar crossings, for US West Coasters.. But upwind against a steep chop, I can't imagine any non-racer planing boat being more fit for purpose than a Targa. Overall, I'd default to the Targa. They just don't mess up, and have been doing this, and only this, for decades. The others would have to prove themselves on a usecase-by-usecase, boat-by-boat basis.
Great comment, thanks for sharing 💪
Sargo for me Jack, all day every day, new Targas are very smart though. Great review thank you
Cheers Stephen 👍 - Jack
VHF radio hanging on the front shield require long reach hands?
Nice review but the comfort cabin for me. I do prefer a side galley.
I wish Viggo did a boat of this size/purpose. An Alley boat with inboards, 5 berths and a galley, with their phenomenal hull shape.... Mmmmmm.
That would be something special… - Jack
Targa cost almost twice as much as a sargo tho😅
But then again the targa is twice as good 😮💨👍
If i had the money i buy this targa with the comfort bed 😍
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Maybe I spend too much time around boats so I notice details, but that door gap on top looks bad
I always remember my wet head days when I see you there with the loo roll behind you. Ah, memories of wasted soggy loo rolls. Great video and a great little boat. I will wait for the lottery and the big one.
Any chance of a review of the Bestevaer 53 MY?
can you get the IPS system instead of the outdrives? and if so what type of speed can you expect
I don’t think IPS is available on this model, only the 46 - Jack
Is a hardtop cockpit roof also available?
It wasn’t at the time of shooting; might be now - Jack
Ooh, what was the dark grey boat gliding though the background at around 10:40 out of interest?
The Nord Star 31
Looks like a brizzo, they are weird
The Nord Star 31+ and we have a review of it on the channel 😊: ruclips.net/video/J6Qaw9aNUJ8/видео.htmlsi=oWrOPev7coBzWdXr
@@Yachtbuyer I shall have a watch of that then. Ta!
Beautiful
Congrats the commenters before me who managed to watch a 17+ minute video in 5 and 12 minutes respectively 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.
I'd take the Targa 32 over the Sargo and NordStar equivalents.
What kind of boat is that black one in the back? 10.27min
Nord Star 31+, reviewed on the channel here: ruclips.net/video/J6Qaw9aNUJ8/видео.htmlsi=G9RMSdsW7XuGG95v
@@Yachtbuyer Thank you and a Happy New Year
Prefer North Star 31. HAPPY XMAS AND GOD BLESS !!!
Nice boat - but still prefer Sargo instead of a Targa.
How knots?
Sargo 31 all day 😉
I can’t understand why you test it with calm sea??
We can only test a boat in the conditions we get on the day 🤷🏻
My thoughts exactly lol@@Yachtbuyer
they didnt have a weather sorcerer on the premises
@@rykehuss3435 how convenient
@@aekara1000 these boat tests are often scheduled by the manufacturers/owners, and yeah even if they advertising "the 4x4 of the seas" like Targa, theyre not gonna risk it
seems to be a lot of flexing in the bathing platform 🤔
Please, there is no need for that loud background music blaring away! Stop it! The engine noises are music to my ears
I don’t like any of the mentioned 3 boats. Marex 31 is perfect for uk waters and looks modern compared to these sheds.
I hope you’re kidding when you compare a marex to these boats… or you might don’t know anything about boats? Marex? Come on cheap ass build quality and handles like shit in rough sea. Rolex vs Casio… 😂
@@Thjonsson1 agree. THe comment is not from someone that has experienced 15-20 foot waves. There is ZERO comparison to a Targa in these conditions. I am sure Marex is a good show pony but when you are serious about being on the ocean nothing compares to this style of boat!
@@Thjonsson1 Agree, I don't want to knock any boat. but the Targa is the Mercedes Gwagon of the ocean (The original G wagons with a diesel and manual transmission) . I am afraid most other boats are like a poor Yugo especially as soon as you hit rough water. I can't imagine being in any other boat when the ocean gets rough and it usually does at some point.
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Better rename the channel to Jack Haines
You need a new camera or a cameraman, because interior of the boats looks like its flexing around like rubber.
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i wish they had 2 heads along with 2 cabins!!! main cabin dosent have a head!! that is what is the downside of this boat
The next size up, 35, can have two heads now, I believe. Still fits, if barely, in a 12m slip. But it's a lot bigger and heavier. And drinks 50% more fuel. The 32 is a "funner" sporty boat.
@@paulnorman8274 good points you have made .. sargo 33 which is comparable to this has 2 heads… and similar cabinet space
Targa
Targa….all day long
That hot tub is giving Epstein vibes and easily the worst captain’s cabin I’ve seen on a boat of this class.
Are you sure you're commenting on the right video?
@@Yachtbuyer agree what is this guy smoking ? Epstein vibes ..huh???? Probably one fo the best driving positions and seats of any boat at any size.
Over priced
That's what you get to pay for stuff, that isn't build in cheap labor countries. Funny that there are still segments in markets, that they yet can't compete in.
You get what you pay for!
Does anyone know if the Targa 32 windows are single pane or double and whether the boat topsides are insulated at all?
We’re talking about one of the best boats in its category. You can’t compare this to a for example axopar another finish brand. Cheap materials and poor building quality. This is top of the top in building quality just like a Patel watch or a Rolls on the roads
If anything this boat is underpriced. We have a Targa 2022 Targa 32, single D440 and it is still below the cost by a fair margin of production boats that don't have the teak, the build quality, essentially just high production boats(THe competitors) Targa is truly a fantastic organization and I can't imagine having any other boat!
blat!! show us the underwater sections, not the colour of the curtains
Yes… video so much blah blah blah. Like rating tea by describing the kettle that the water was heated in.
Marex all day
Those are for a different use purpose.
Marex is not a competitor to Targa