NEW Sportsman Open 402 Centre Console

The Open 402 is the flagship, and it behaves like one. At 12.29 metres with a 3.96-metre beam and 23 degrees of transom deadrise, this is a genuine bluewater platform rated to 1,700 horsepower, which is quad-engine territory, with the fuel capacity to use it. Sportsman describe it as the pinnacle of the range, and the specification sheet backs the claim rather than decorating it.

What separates the 402 from every other boat in the series is that it is liveable. The console opens into a full cabin with a convertible queen berth, a galley with microwave, cooktop and refrigerator on Corian benchtops, a private enclosed shower behind a glass door, a porcelain head with overboard discharge and hot water, a 32-inch television and air conditioning throughout. There is a separate 95-litre diesel tank for the genset. You can leave the ramp on Friday and not think about coming back.

On deck it is still unmistakably a fishing boat. Rear-facing mezzanine seating, unique in the Sportsman range, sits above twin pressurised 151-litre aquarium livewells at the transom, with flip-down tackle compartments built into the mezzanine face and 279-litre in-deck fish boxes underfoot. Forward, an electrically actuated sun deck moves through three positions between dining table, lounge and open casting deck. A Vetus bow thruster and a windlass with 90 metres of rope make a boat this size manageable shorthanded.

The helm is a blacked-out command centre running twin Garmin GPSMAP 9227 displays, SeaStar Interact digital switching and Yamaha Command Link Plus, behind a seamless panoramic windscreen with an integrated wiper. Seakeeper Ride VACS trims out up to 70 per cent of underway pitch and roll. Backed by Sportsman's 10-year limited hull warranty.

KEY SPECIFICATIONS
- Length overall: 12.29 m (40' 4")
- Beam: 3.96 m (13' 0")
- Draft, engines up: 0.76 m
- Deadrise at transom: 23 degrees
- Fuel capacity: 2,461 L, approx. 2,290 L usable
- Diesel capacity (genset): 95 L
- Fresh water: 227 L
- Approx. Dry weight: 8,816 kg
- Maximum horsepower: 1,700 hp
- Yacht certified

NOTABLE FEATURES
- SportTech no-wood, all-fibreglass hull, 23-degree transom deadrise
- Seakeeper Ride VACS: up to 70% pitch and roll reduction
- Vetus BowPro bow thruster and windlass with 90 m of rope
- Twin Garmin GPSMAP 9227 displays in blacked-out helm
- SeaStar Interact digital switching, Yamaha Command Link Plus CL5
- Panoramic seamless tempered glass windscreen with wiper
- Quad premium captain's chairs on integrated fibreglass leaning post
- Rear-facing mezzanine seating with flip-down tackle storage
- Convertible queen berth in air-conditioned cabin
- Full galley: microwave, Kenyon cooktop, refrigerator, Corian tops
- Private enclosed shower with glass door
- Porcelain head with overboard discharge and hot water
- 32" television and air conditioning throughout
- Twin pressurised 151 L transom aquarium livewells
- 279 L in-deck fish boxes
- Two insulated bow boxes, convertible to fish boxes or coolers
- Electrically actuated three-position bow sun deck and table
- Lumitec 18" Razor spot light (10,000 lm) and Maxillume H60 flood
- Moulded-in navigation and docking lights, RGB cockpit lighting
- 10-year limited hull warranty