Cabo Yacht ABSOLUTE 43

The cockpit space is well laid out for its daytime role. Rather than the array of form-fitting upholstery pointing in various directions that so many of the alternatives go for, the Absolutes simply have a U-shaped lounge to port. It’s capable of seating seven or eight, and has a removable table in its midst. Even with the table in place there’s plenty of room to travel from cabin door to boarding platform, or tend the barbecue. Remove the table and there’s dancing room.

The barbecue, normally concealed below a gas-strutted lid, has the ancillaries of lockers, worktop and a large sink. Inevitably, it will get used for most of the cooking, which is almost a pity as the downstairs galley is as good as you will meet.
Both the 41 and the 45 have fore and aft sleeping cabins with en-suites. The 41’s aft cabin is a twin and the 45’s, a double, and that’s the sum of the below deck differences. Both of the 45’s cabins are large, with the forward one having more consistent headroom. Which one would be considered the master suite would depend on whether the boat was making a night passage ? at any sort of speed the owner would pick the aft cabin for its lower motion.

Both have bathrooms that take onboard classiness to new heights. How about a glass wash basin and curved, sliding-glass walls for the shower stalls?
The day space between the cabins is special indeed, not to say vast, and all the Italian design flair comes out to play. It is fitted with immaculate joinery in pale timber, plus discreet areas of synthetics. The galley is to port but was not immediately identifiable because, when out of use, it gets covered and screened by lids and doors. Open them, and a full-scale cooking centre is revealed, with a vast volume of refrigeration and storage on the same scale. The deck is sheathed in timber as standard. Carpet is an option but who would take it?
Opposite the galley is a lounge area upholstered in leather, with cushions and squabs velcroed in for easy removal. Sitting here the large portholes (equipped with blinds of course) are low enough actually to see through, something rare. By night, the table can drop to assist conversion of the area to another bedroom. This lifts the total overnight population to eight, the upper deck lounge also being convertible.
Bathrooms, cabins and saloon all are cooled by climate-controlled air-conditioning, unless you prefer to open the ports and hatches all of them defended by flywire. (Review)