"The truly inviting saloon has superyacht pretentions"

"A modern motoryacht with plenty of space and top-notch detailing."

"Very easy to move around, with safe decks and hefty hardware."

"Hardy have been hand-building boats for over 25 years, and this traditional-looking vessel is the baby of the current range"

"Solidly built"

"Combines a touch of the traditional with all the benefits of the modern"

"Cruise in comfort"

"Adds the luxuries that sometimes only sheer size can provide"

"The unmatched practicality of a walk-in engine room"

"Excellent headroom throughout"

A spacious, practical, well-built little ship that handles in such a way as to make weather reports all but redundant. Unlike most other trawler types, the Hardy delivers 28-knot speeds, and while the looks are traditional the social, multi-level deck areas are a match for the sleeker, swoopy brigade.

"Long keel, semi-displacement, tri-cabin trawler offering spacious saloon and privacy of aft cabin. So many other good points too; abnormally spacious second cabin, low sound levels, superb helm layouts, excellent practical detailing, and an uncommonly sociable flybridge layout for a trawler. Impresssive 27-28 knots sees it chasing so many planing boats quite hard. Truly hard to see how £400,000 could buy you a better cruising boat."

"The Serious Cruisers Choice"

"Hardy have something quite special"

"A quiet boat with excellent practical detailing"

"Everything about the 42 makes life on board as easy and as safe as possible."

"They seem to have a corker to their name"

"The overall standard of fit-out...is a major plus point"

"Excellent safe deck areas"

"It is caps off to Hardy Marine for producing such a well thought-out and soundly built flagship"

"Sturdy, nicely finished build quality"

"Visibility from the helm is good all round"

"There is plenty of room to entertain"

"The advent of a versatile shaft-driven wheelhouse cruiser of just over 30ft is good news for potential owners"

"More sedate performance than most 21-footers"

"The ideal pocket cruiser for exploring"

"Traditional styling, with solid build quality and seaworthiness"

"Television gardener Charlie Dimmock visited the (Southampton Boat) show to launch Raymarine's new test boat. The brand new Hardy is fitted with a vast array of electronic gadgetry, making it perhaps the most conspicuous vessel at the show."