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Tiara 3900 Coronet
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BOATS BOAT TESTS Tiara 3900 Coronet By Jason Y. Wood Builder: Tiara The Tiara 3900 Coronet lives up to a simple mission: Have a great time on the water. When we say every boat is a compromise, what we usually mean is that no boat can be all things to all men. A boat may be designed to go fast, or do a certain kind of cruising, or chase fish. She can be used to do other things, but you can understand why she doesn’t knock it out of the park in those other uses. It’s like fishing from a sloop. It can be done, but it’s not really what was intended when the keel was laid. Model: Tiara 3900 Coronet Boat Type: Cruiser LOA: 41'11" Beam: 15'0" Draft: 3'6" Base Price: $660,000 Problem is, some boats in this day and age, seem to ignore their own design. I’m talking about boats that look like bluewater cruisers but bring barely enough range to get out of sight of land. Go-fast boats that take a long time to get on plane. And the latest “sleek express cruiser” that is neither sleek, nor does it cruise particularly well, and don’t get me started on “express,” because that involves speed at some point in the equation, and often I’m not seeing it. Fortunately, the Tiara 3900 Coronet does not fall under this description. Every aspect of this boat fits into her design brief, as I see it. The Coronet has long been Tiara’s entry-level model, and to that end she delivers on her promise, right down to propulsion. She is offered only with conventional drives—no pod options are available. “We chose a traditional drive train for the 3900 Coronet matched with two diesel power options,” says David Glenn, marketing director of S2 Yachts, Tiara’s parent company. “They deliver the best value for this particular product category.” This boat stays true to her mission—a gutsy choice to keep your model badging accurate in the face of market forces, particularly since Tiara was the company that introduced many boaters to the Volvo Penta IPS system years ago. The 3900 Coronet is a dayboat, and succeeds in focusing on the fun of being aboard. At the same time, she takes into account

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make boating spontaneous and enjoyable. I’ll start at the stern, and you’ll see why. There’s a wide fiberglass swim platform here nicely finished in teak with a narrow channel running around the outer edge. At the forward corners where the platform meets the hull that channel opens into a double cupholder on each side. That channel isn’t for drainage as I initially thought, it’s for holding on when you’re soaking in the water at anchor. And if it’s hot enough for a soak, you’ll probably also want a cold drink. And yet the channel solves numerous problems—easy to grab, unobtrusive, and not...

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Brand Foundation: Tiara 2900 Coronet Forward of the galley is a head compartment. The shower sports a clever, rigid shower curtain that stows out of the way to give more room in the head for ablutions, should the owners opt to spend the night. The berth looks comfortable enough, with better than 32 inches between the mattress and the overhead, where two centerline skylights add to the feel of the entire space. Other owner-accommodation amenities include another 26-inch TV and a hanging locker. The dinette converts to a double and there's a privacy curtain for when there's a crowd...

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